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In reply to the discussion: Taking photos on train tracks: ‘A mistake you can’t undo.’ [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,574 posts)23. Woman Arrested After Doing Yoga On Metro Tracks
Last edited Thu Oct 8, 2015, 11:40 AM - Edit history (1)
Woman Arrested After Doing Yoga On Metro TracksBy Emma G. Gallegos in News on Oct. 7, 2015 5:13 p.m.
Don't try this, kids (NBC Washington)
A woman has been arrested and charged with striking a yoga pose on Metrorail tracks late last year.
Metro Transit Police say they've nabbed the Virginia woman who was spotted on surveillance footage doing a handstand on Orange Line tracks at the West Falls Church Station last December. NBC Washington reports that the woman has been arrested and charged with trespassing. Her name hasn't been released, but she is scheduled to appear in court at the end of the month.
A man was also spotted in surveillance footage taking photos of her. This all went down December 12 at 11 a.m. Police didn't say how they managed to track down their suspect. Nor is there any word about the gentleman photographer. However, Yoga Dork did manage to track down a shot from Instagram that appears to have come from the illegal shoot in question:
Screenshot from Instagram via Yoga Dork
Sure, Metro stations can be very un-Zen places, on swampy days they can feel like a Bikram studio and train tracks are a great background for #authentic Instagram shots, but striking a pose near the third rail on live tracks is an excellent way to become a Darwin awards contender.
Don't try this, kids (NBC Washington)
A woman has been arrested and charged with striking a yoga pose on Metrorail tracks late last year.
Metro Transit Police say they've nabbed the Virginia woman who was spotted on surveillance footage doing a handstand on Orange Line tracks at the West Falls Church Station last December. NBC Washington reports that the woman has been arrested and charged with trespassing. Her name hasn't been released, but she is scheduled to appear in court at the end of the month.
A man was also spotted in surveillance footage taking photos of her. This all went down December 12 at 11 a.m. Police didn't say how they managed to track down their suspect. Nor is there any word about the gentleman photographer. However, Yoga Dork did manage to track down a shot from Instagram that appears to have come from the illegal shoot in question:
Screenshot from Instagram via Yoga Dork
Sure, Metro stations can be very un-Zen places, on swampy days they can feel like a Bikram studio and train tracks are a great background for #authentic Instagram shots, but striking a pose near the third rail on live tracks is an excellent way to become a Darwin awards contender.
And now for the video:
Woman arrested for doing yoga on metro track
October 8, 2015 10:52 AM EDT - Video released by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority shows a Virginia woman performing yoga poses on Metro train tracks at the West Falls Church station in 2014. The woman, who remains unnamed, will head to court later this month on trespassing charges. Editor's note: This video contains no audio. (WMATA)
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Every time we've gone up to Dallas, we've seen people wait for cars to clear,
ScreamingMeemie
Oct 2015
#19
The speed of a train is sufficient that it's often almost on top of you before you hear it.
Chan790
Oct 2015
#38
Yeah, the Amtrak Acela is scary enough when it zooms through a station without stopping.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2015
#11
Metra and Amtrak trains share lines in Chicago, and it's exactly the same way
bullwinkle428
Oct 2015
#24
I was thinking the same thing. What I suspect: Maybe people are taking pictures of the approaching..
BlueJazz
Oct 2015
#28
The SO's father was killed by a train in 1946 while doing maintenance on ballast
HereSince1628
Oct 2015
#27
Someone shoot themselves in face- darwin award, idiots get killed by train- then it's "sad"
snooper2
Oct 2015
#5
Here is the original article in the Washington Post about the incident:
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2015
#17
a friend was killed in high school in 1970ish shooting photos on train tracks
uppityperson
Oct 2015
#18
A Train, a Trestle and 60 Seconds to Escape: How 'Midnight Rider' Victim Sarah Jones Lost Her Life
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2015
#36