pennman Wrote:HOPKINSVILLE, KY 1 KILLED 1 INJURED Jumping out of the way of a CSX train on a tresele. It doesnt say if the one kid died jumping or was hit, either way its over a 100 ft drop in the middle.
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbc...9910250356
Actually, the very first line of the article you are linking to
does say. It says that the man (age 25 is an adult man, not a "kid") was killed when he was hit by the train and fell off the trestle. It doesn't specify whether he already was dead when he went over the side, but it very clearly says he was hit by the train.
pennman Wrote:They ain't ever gonna learn!
People who are out walking along railroad tracks at 3 am on the night between Saturday and Sunday are not extremely likely to be using their brain to make very rational choices. Humans have gotten drunk, and done stupid things while drunk, for thousands of years.
Even a thousand years ago the old Vikings had quite a few saying about the effects of excessive drinking:
"A better burden may no man bear
For wanderings wide than wisdom;
Worse food for the journey he brings not afield
Than an over-drinking of ale."
"Less good there lies than most believe
In ale for mortal men;
For the more he drinks the less does man
Of his mind the mastery hold."
"Over beer the bird of forgetfulness broods,
And steals the minds of men;"
Human nature is not likely to change any time soon.
Stein
