Don't sunbath or nap on train tracks.

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23776840-5005940,00.html

teens hit by Train

May 29, 2008 10:41am
TWO teenage girls who were hit by a freight train may have fallen asleep on the tracks while sunbathing, emergency workers said.

Rachel Brown and Destiny Phaneuf, both of Lebanon in Miami, were lying on a train trestle at a popular swimming spot when they were hit by the train yesterday.

Witnesses said they heard the girls, who are both in a critical condition after suffering amputations, scream, and saw them try to move before they hit.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/29/train_severs_limbs_of_teens_sunbathing_on_railroad_trestle/

Train severs limbs of teens sunbathing on railroad trestle
Phaneuf was unconscious when authorities arrived; Brown told police that the pair had fallen asleep while sunbathing, he said.

[lame54]

1. Darwinism at work

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. They are teenagers but I think I was smart enough to stay off the tracks by age 13

[lse7581011]

2. True Story

except it was Lebanon, MAINE! A true shame!

[Bicoastal]

3. It sounds callous, but this is Darwin's theory in action.

If you're dumb enough to sunbathe on railroad tracks, you're definitely not "the fittest."

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. '...when a train came upon them unexpectedly...'

A TRAIN?? On a RAILROAD TRACK?!?

[Sequoia]

8. Ha, ha.....seriously.

[LiberalEsto]

6. Why are people so incredibly stupid?

I was taught to stay away from train tracks when I was 3, because our yard backed onto some active tracks in Red Bank, NJ.

[ObamaTime2008]

7. This is the result

of drinking the water.:crazy:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. Now if the train had magically jumped the track a mile or so before

getting to them... now that would be something. A train hitting someone who was sleeping on the tracks? Not so much.

[malaise]

10. They deserve the Darwin award

for utter stupidity. Still it is a horrible thing to happen to anyone.

[cbc5g]

11. My question is, if there were witnesses, WHY DIDNT THEY WAKE THEM UP AND TELL THEM TO GET AWAY n/t