Girl, 15, dies 'playing chicken' with an oncoming train

[Brave New World]

A lot of rail track throughout the world is electrified via third or fourth rails or overhead cables, so you are risking your life just being anywhere near the track never mind playing chicken wit the trains. The injuries sustained in relation to electrical burns are too horrific to even show.

Here's a quick video showing how much electricity runs through these systems.

[Scooby Snacks]

Originally Posted by veezybell

Two things from me.

1. To those posters on their high horses trying to scold others for not showing sympathy, who made y'all the authority for integrity? This was a poor decision made by the girl, plain and simple. It doesn't matter if the family is grieving, or if she was high/drunk, or peer-pressured, or whatever else. How many of you would be out playing by moving trains? If you can honestly sit here and say you would too, then you're foolish. I've done stupid things as a teenager and I probably should've died a few times. If I did, I wouldn't expect anyone to feel sorry for me. Which leads me to my next point...

I'm not saying she didn't make a stupid decision. She did. I'm saying there is no reason to make all these awful comments about Darwin awards and such. It's called having a little compassion and humanity. But thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, people are freely saying such things. I can only imagine these posters saying the same things directly to the deceased mother's face The girl is dead and her family is grieving, and they couldn't control her activity that day. I'm sure if they could, they would have prevented it.

Originally Posted by veezybell

2. Why are there GoFundMe accounts being set up for this? I thought the purpose of platforms like that were to help people that had unfortunate accidents or disabilities, like someone in need of a life-threatening surgery, a hero in ICU because he rescued a smile child, things of that nature? So you're telling me that I can go play chicken on the highway with traffic going the opposite direction and I have a reasonable chance for people to start a GoFundMe in my name? Only in America.

Agreed. But GoFundMe has specific regulations, but they're pretty lax. People have the choice to donate or not.

[Mystery123]

Man what a loss!
She was pretty but guess not that smart.

[chiluvr1228]

Originally Posted by jamies

Since I can't say anything nice or non cynical, I'll just shut up.

I agree - wait, no - I can't help myself.


Here's Your Sign!

[SVTLightning]

Originally Posted by Scooby Snacks

I'm not saying she didn't make a stupid decision. She did. I'm saying there is no reason to make all these awful comments about Darwin awards and such. It's called having a little compassion and humanity. But thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, people are freely saying such things. I can only imagine these posters saying the same things directly to the deceased mother's face The girl is dead and her family is grieving, and they couldn't control her activity that day. I'm sure if they could, they would have prevented it.

Find her phone number and I will call. Not afraid to call it like it is. Not everyone is a bleeding heart do gooder.

[PDD]

Lots of young people do dumb things while growing up.

Some of the stupid ones live to tell about it.

The really stupid ones make the headlines.

If you are reading this you know which one you were.

[Thunder98]

A Darwin award today?

[catdad7x]

Originally Posted by Thunder98

A Darwin award today?

Maybe that was staged, and was never plugged in.

Nobody's that stupid.

Right??

On second thought.....

[Brave New World]

Sadly Kevin Bacon wasn't there is to save her.