RailRoadFan.com

ClickOnDetroit reports that a pedestrian was killed by a train in Waterford Township. Police have not released any info about the victim or the train. The only thing I can tell by the picture is that it is an autorack train.

Looks like CN M371 north of W Pontiac on the Holly Subdivision.

Location of the accident is Frembes Rd. Which is the third crossing north of CP W Pontiac.

I looked at theoaklandpress.com and according to witness accounts they say they heard a long train horn before the accident. I'm wondering if the crew saw the person on the tracks and they didn't move possibly indicating a suicide?? Just theorizing of course...

The ClickOnDetroit article had two pictures, one showing Frembes Rd. blocked, and one of an ambulance in a grass field alongside the tracks. I think the one of the ambulance in the field is the strike zone, as a few other people are seen next to the tracks too. If this is where the pedestrian was hit, it must've been a suicide, as there would be no way for it to really be an 'accident'.

Article: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/news ... index.html

The updated ClickOnDetroit article says that the man was 45 years old, but was not identified. They say he may have been listening to music while walking on the tracks. I don't understand how he couldn't have felt or heard the train...

theoaklandpress.com lists the guys' name and age. They're still looking for any witnesses.

Determined he was walking on the tracks with headphones on.

TrainWatcher wrote:Determined he was walking on the tracks with headphones on.

Time to Alert the Darwin Award Folks.....

People----DON'T WALK ON THE TRACKS, ESPECIALLY WITH HEADPHONES OR OTHER DISTRACTING DEVICE!

MQT3001 wrote:People----DON'T WALK ON THE TRACKS, ESPECIALLY WITH HEADPHONES OR OTHER DISTRACTING DEVICE!

You're preaching to the choir MQT...

Frembes Rd is the middle of a curve. Can't blame the train crew for not seeing the sucker.

MKT_fan11 wrote:

MQT3001 wrote:People----DON'T WALK ON THE TRACKS, ESPECIALLY WITH HEADPHONES OR OTHER DISTRACTING DEVICE!

You're preaching to the choir MQT...

I know......Aren't I a great singer?

MQT3001 wrote:

MKT_fan11 wrote:

MQT3001 wrote:People----DON'T WALK ON THE TRACKS, ESPECIALLY WITH HEADPHONES OR OTHER DISTRACTING DEVICE!

You're preaching to the choir MQT...

I know......Aren't I a great singer?

Whats singing got to do with it? You're the preacher...

Clay320 wrote:

MQT3001 wrote:

MKT_fan11 wrote:
You're preaching to the choir MQT...

I know......Aren't I a great singer?

Whats singing got to do with it? You're the preacher...

had a really bad headache earlier...not the only fail I made

Anyways: DON'T WALK ON THE TRACKS!

Clay320 wrote:
Whats singing got to do with it? You're the preacher...

Those situations are sad on all ends. Its tough for the crew because all you can do is blow the horn and ride it out.

A No.1 wrote:Those situations are sad on all ends. Its tough for the crew because all you can do is blow the horn and ride it out.

They should invent some kind of projectile that shoots out from the nose of the loco that would knock a person off the tracks. Kind of a hi-tech cow catcher.

J T wrote:

A No.1 wrote:Those situations are sad on all ends. Its tough for the crew because all you can do is blow the horn and ride it out.

They should invent some kind of projectile that shoots out from the nose of the loco that would knock a person off the tracks. Kind of a hi-tech cow catcher.

Its ideas like this that make people $$$

J T wrote:

A No.1 wrote:Those situations are sad on all ends. Its tough for the crew because all you can do is blow the horn and ride it out.

They should invent some kind of projectile that shoots out from the nose of the loco that would knock a person off the tracks. Kind of a hi-tech cow catcher.

Then they'd get sued because the device caused them emotional distress and bodily harm.

Practice Safe CSX

CSX_CO wrote:

J T wrote:

A No.1 wrote:Those situations are sad on all ends. Its tough for the crew because all you can do is blow the horn and ride it out.

They should invent some kind of projectile that shoots out from the nose of the loco that would knock a person off the tracks. Kind of a hi-tech cow catcher.

Then they'd get sued because the device caused them emotional distress and bodily harm.

Practice Safe CSX

BINGO!