Metrolink train at Los Angeles Union Station. (File photo) CBS
Posted on 10/14/2006 7:25:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin
AP) FONTANA, Calif. A Metrolink commuter train has killed a man who was sitting on the tracks talking into his cellphone.
Authorities say it happened Friday afternoon in Fontana.
Witnesses say the man was talking into his phone and didn't notice the train until too late. He stood up but was struck.
The train had 45 passengers onboard. They weren't hurt but the accident caused a two-hour delay.
Metrolink train at Los Angeles Union Station. (File photo) CBS
A little chlorine in the gene pool.
Can you smear me now?
Too funny!
Oh that was sooooooo bad!
Talk at ya later babe, gotta catch a train!
The last thing that went through this guys mind must have been his ass.
what a dumbass
What's that you say? Kinda loud here. How's the training been going? Little impact so far.
I was amazed a couple of years ago to see a homeless-type man, with bedroll slung on his back, hiking along I-20 on the west side of Shreveport, holding a cellphone to his ear. Of course, I had no way of knowing if there was actually a person on the other end of the "conversation" . . .
SPLAT!
Darwin Award winner?
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