Re: Fatality at Sydenham Station (Vic)

[Steve Dalton <daltongang@smart.net.au>]

The 3 youths ran behind a Down Keyneton Train before waiting for the
bells and booms  stop, as they ran, two made it accross and unfourtanlly
the thrid did not, it is true that the parenst are Blaming the the
Railways, which in my book is wrong beacuse there was adequte protection
at the crossing. The persons who I feel sorry for are the driver who no
doubt did every he could to stop but at 130K/mh you got no hope. and the
Signaler who was on duty at the time who happens to be a good friend of
my wife and I.
As for the Station being Trashed it is quite obiouvis that it is revenge
or frustration on what has happened I was the Controller on duty when
the Station was Trashed on the Friday night. 
Steve Dalton

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> James Koretsky wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this 16 year old boy lost his life because he didn't look,
> > and thats the unfortunate truth.
> 
> My train this evening nearly creamed two teenager f***wits tonight who thought
> it would be intelligent to run up the middle of the four-foot towards an
> oncoming train.  They missed being hit by a tangara at 75 km/h by only metres.
> 
> --
> David Johnson
> CityRail Guard
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
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