Candidate for the Darwin Awards

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  • Rictor
    Old Timer
    • Jan 2001
    • 12208

    #1

    Candidate for the Darwin Awards

    http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2772387/detail.html

    Teen In Critical Condition After Playing Chicken With Amtrak
    Suffered Broken Bones, Ruptured Liver

    POSTED: 4:38 PM PST January 16, 2004

    LOS ANGELES -- A teenager playing a game of chicken on railroad tracks was struck by an Amtrak train, authorities said.

    Daniel Wilkinson, 18, who is from Missouri, suffered broken bones and a ruptured liver and was in critical condition Thursday in the intensive-care unit at San Clemente's Mission Hospital, said Lt. Dave Wilson of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

    Wilkinson and four friends were on the tracks about one mile south of the San Clemente Pier when Amtrak's San Diego-bound Pacific Surfliner approached at about 40 mph late Wednesday.

    "He was the last to step off the track, and he was hit," Wilson said.

    No passengers or crew members were injured.
  • Rictor
    Old Timer
    • Jan 2001
    • 12208

    #2
    Another one:

    http://www.nbc25.com/Global/story.as...9&nav=0aMJKE8N

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    • TheEnforcer
      Confirmed User
      • May 2001
      • 2855

      #3
      damn..
      Hit me up below for all your advertising needs!

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      • Pipecrew
        Master of Gfy.com
        • Feb 2002
        • 14888

        #4
        I dont think you understand exactly what the darwin awards are. If you did, you would understand neither of these fit.

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        • Rictor
          Old Timer
          • Jan 2001
          • 12208

          #5
          Originally posted by Pipecrew
          I dont think you understand exactly what the darwin awards are. If you did, you would understand neither of these fit.
          "The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it. Of necessity, this honor is bestowed posthumously."

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          • Rictor
            Old Timer
            • Jan 2001
            • 12208

            #6
            Originally posted by Pipecrew
            I dont think you understand exactly what the darwin awards are. If you did, you would understand neither of these fit.
            Teenagers stupid enough to play chicken with trains shouldn't be removed from the gene pool?

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            • Ash@phpFX
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2003
              • 4292

              #7
              Originally posted by Pipecrew
              I dont think you understand exactly what the darwin awards are. If you did, you would understand neither of these fit.

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              • Pipecrew
                Master of Gfy.com
                • Feb 2002
                • 14888

                #8
                Originally posted by Rictor


                "The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it. Of necessity, this honor is bestowed posthumously."
                I suppose suffering broken bones and a ruptured liver counts as removing yourself. ;)

                and the other one, suicide happens all the time, doesnt mean the people are stupid! Most darwin awards are funny and made up.

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                • Rictor
                  Old Timer
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 12208

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Pipecrew


                  I suppose suffering broken bones and a ruptured liver counts as removing yourself. ;)

                  and the other one, suicide happens all the time, doesnt mean the people are stupid! Most darwin awards are funny and made up.
                  Umm...he's in critical condition. It seems unlikely he's gonna make it.

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                  • Phoenix
                    BACON BACON BACON
                    • Nov 2002
                    • 35475

                    #10
                    this is nothing new.

                    i have two friends who have issues now with trains because of this.


                    one of them, watched one of his friends get killed by a train.
                    (they were seeing how close they would stand to the tracks, i guess he won)

                    the other got caught on top of a bridge, with no side area, he ended up jumping off to avoid the train. I don't know how high it was, but he has screwed his back for life. This guys is a computer engineer as well if you can believe it.
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                    • liquidmoe
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 4994

                      #11
                      The most retarded line in that second article is "A new understanding between law enforcement officials and commuters needs to grow." and its following paragraph. As if the man shot himself in the head because he was unsure of how to act during a traffic stop.

                      Take Luck!

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                      • Rictor
                        Old Timer
                        • Jan 2001
                        • 12208

                        #12
                        Originally posted by liquidmoe
                        The most retarded line in that second article is "A new understanding between law enforcement officials and commuters needs to grow." and its following paragraph. As if the man shot himself in the head because he was unsure of how to act during a traffic stop.
                        I think that's what happened. We need traffic stop education.

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                        • JunkyardDog
                          Confirmed User
                          • May 2001
                          • 788

                          #13
                          I know a few people that have been hit by a train. One of them died.

                          I am orginally from a small town and eventually almost everyone after a case of beer gets the bright idea to go to the tracks and see who can last the longest.

                          I never understood their thinking, but never the less they still did it.

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                          • Rictor
                            Old Timer
                            • Jan 2001
                            • 12208

                            #14
                            Originally posted by JunkyardDog
                            I know a few people that have been hit by a train. One of them died.

                            I am orginally from a small town and eventually almost everyone after a case of beer gets the bright idea to go to the tracks and see who can last the longest.

                            I never understood their thinking, but never the less they still did it.
                            Boredom = stupidity?

                            Or is it that in a small town there is a lot of inbreeding?

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                            • C_U_Next_Tuesday
                              WW4L
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 10581

                              #15
                              There was this lady my hubby worked with that got hit by a train that was moving at 10 miles an hour... how this came about is beyond me and I am to this day still wanting to know the full story of what the fuck this retarded lady was thinking when she got hit.

                              the train is a cargo train that moves around the plant..taking products from point A to Point B..it moves at 10 miles an hour and makes the most god awful noise....

                              Now if you were walking on the tracks and could feel the train coming or hear it... wouldnt you move off the tracks to let it go by.

                              supposed this tard just kept walking on the tracks.. when it hit her, it pushed her leg bone through her backside and drug her face up for 45 ft. I bet she was trying to kill herself or was going for permanant disability from this company.

                              in the past three years 5 people have lost their lives in that fucking place.

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