How awful. Prayers up.
“Pa. Mom, Toddler In Stroller Killed By Train”
The train did not kill mom and the toddler, the suicidal and Homicidal mother killer herself and her toddler.
Or, mom was just really stupid.
Too bad the kid had to suffer from mom’s terminal stupidity.
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Dreadful. RIP.
Lord be with them
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The crash happened less than 100 feet from where a 15-year-old was struck and killed by a train in July.
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Was the rush to cross the TRACKS worth it?
It’s easy to get stroller wheels going four different directions. Add some rough ground and some panic ...
Man, how awful. Not only for the family but for the train crew.
Stupid people should NOT be allowed to reproduce. This lady was stupid. I feel terrible for the two year old who was killed and the two other children left without their mother due to pure stupidity.
Since this is not the only fatality here, is ther some reason people cannot see or hear a train coming?
A very tragic case, but totally preventable.
Slow down people, life is too precious.
There HAD to be warning signs, flashing lights, bells ringing or even drop-down barriers blocking traffic. If any of these were inoperative, hang the railroad, otherwise I wonder if mom had on Walkman phones or otherwise clueless. Sad as it is, this appears to be a self-inflicted tragedy.
My boy is a RR engineer and says there is ALWAYS idiot who insists on trying to beat the train.
Prayers for the engineer and condutor who had to watch and hear this tragedy. They will live with this for the rest of their lives.
I did Peer Support for fellow engineers for a number of years and something like this something the crew will carry with them for the rest of their lives. A car with a drunk is one thing but a mother and child will be replayed over and over. Hope they will be given the help they will need, depends on the RR.
Unless the train swerved at the last second, this mother is an absolute buffoon. Children are way too precious to use as gambling chips and going “all in” against an oncoming train. It’s a friggin’ TRAIN for gawd sakes! You keep your kids safe on whichever side of the tracks you’re on, let the train pass, then proceed across and on to your destination. I feel no pity for the woman or for anyone else who chooses to be so stupid. I do feel sorry for the 2-year old and the people who will have to live with the repercussions of this woman’s choice.
People, if you can see a train approaching... don’t get in its way. It truly is as simple as that.
This is so sad.
Lots more detail here:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09304/1009760-59.stm
“Derry police Chief Randy Glick, who was on routine patrol in the nearby shopping plaza, saw the train approaching and repeatedly motioned and yelled for Ms. Singer to move from the tracks.”
“In July, Douglas Albright, 15, of South Greensburg, was struck by a Norfolk Southern train while crossing tracks in the 100 block of East First Avenue. After his death, officials spray-painted “no trespassing” on signs on both sides of the track, but “People look at them and they laugh,” Mayor Susan E. Bortz said. “They ignore them.”
“There is a bridge over the tracks about 50 yards from the site of the accident. Ms. Singer should have crossed there.”
I can’t muster any sympathy for the woman. Plenty for the child who was killed, and for the 2 children who had to witness the gruesome death of their mother and little brother, and for the train engineers, and for the police chief who had to witness it and the emergency personnel who had to come to the scene, and for the hospital personnel who had to deal with the traumatized surviving children, But not for the woman. I’m sure there are places in this country where people who don’t have a car or friends with a car, just can’t get to the grocery store for food without crossing train tracks. But that’s not the case here.
My prayers for this family. But really, what IS IT about trains people don’t understand? They’re big, fast-moving and take a long time to stop and they can and do obliterate anything that gets in their way. Not to mention the trauma the poor engineer has to suffer just trying to do his job.