Re: Fatality at Sydenham Station (Vic)

[David<mercury@nospam.netcon.net.au>]

On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:23:23 +1000, "Reuben Farrelly"
<reuben@mira.AA.net> wrote:

>
>James Koretsky <james.koretsky@microtouch.co.uk> wrote in message
>37091140.0@news.i-way.co.uk">news:37091140.0@news.i-way.co.uk...
>> I don't want to offend anyone here, as I don't know who uses the news
>> groups,  so I will keep it brief.
>>
>> Having grown up in Melbourne, but currently working in the UK, I can't
>> belive in the article below on how quick the boy's Parents were to put the
>> blame on the Railways, because there were no gates at the crossing. Just
>> because there are no gates present, doesn't mean you don't look to see if
>a
>> train is coming.  Does that mean if I step out on the road  with out
>looking
>> and get hit  and killed by a car, it is the roads corporations fault,
>> because they should have had a Padestrian Crossing there? I don't think
>so.
>
>Agreed here too.  I'd also note that you can see for hundreds of meters in
>*both* directions either side of the level crossing...it's certainly not
>hidden or well concealed.  I presume that the driver also blasted the horn
>prior to crossing...
>
>I have much sympathy for the parents of the boy as it can't have been easy
>to lose someone in such an easily preventable accident.  I don't think one
>persons carelessness necessarily demands someone else (ie Victrack or
>whoever)  "upgrading" something which certainly didn't appear to have been
>caused by negligence on their part, or taking responsibility for someone
>else's carelessness.
>
>I put the second article underneath the first earlier as I wondered if there
>was any coincidence that the station was trashed not long after the
>accident.  Did anyone get a glimpse of it tonight?
>
>Reuben
Yes - Corrugated iron over some windows and what appeared to be bullet
holes in some others - consistent with someone taking out their
frustration from a distance.  Difficult to get a better look as the
trains I catch run express through Sydenham.

regards
David A. | Woodend, Victoria, Australia - Remove spamblock to reply