Teenager hit by train whilst texting, somehow survives
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 23rd 2007 1:06AM
posted Aug 23rd 2007 1:06AM
Granted, this isn't the first run-in we've seen involving trains and an SMS-minded individual, but the former story certainly didn't involve a train coming into contact with a human. This time, however, an 18-year old Ohio resident managed to get carted away from a devastating collision after being struck by an oncoming locomotive. The kid apparently waited for one train to pass, but rather than double-checking for anything coming in the opposite direction, he simply forged ahead. Consequently, he was thrown 50-feet and knocked unconscious mid-sentence, but is thankfully recovering in a Cincinnati hospital.[Via Switched]
wow this could have all been avoided if his parents bought him a car with gps!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/27/faith-in-gps-sends-mercedes-downstream/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/driver-follows-gps-onto-pedestrian-walkway-into-cherry-tree/
man these cases get dumber and dumber, you really can't defend these people.
As if we needed more proof that the teenagers who text all day are retarded.
But did the text arrive OK?!
Best. Comment. Ever.
Children and teenagers should be illegal.
Can we get a picture of the phone? Was it an iPhone, and did Apple replace it for free :P
I was also, just curious if the phone was OK.... Forget the guy. What about the device.
Too bad about the accident results. It would surely have been a contender for the Darwin Awards.
That's a hideous thing to say.
I'm a sad, angry, little man.