Woman races minivan to beat East train, crosses & gets smashed by West Train [video]

[fuzzylogic]

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Surveillance video appears to show a Hammond woman racing a freight train to an intersection Saturday morning before two trains hit her minivan and killed two of her children.

"It seemed that she (Edie Bolanos) was so intent on beating the eastbound train, she never even saw the westbound train that hit her," Hammond police Sgt. Michael Jorden said.

Hammond Police Chief Brian Miller sees a lesson in the tragedy.

Bolanos remained in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago on Wednesday. Two of her children -- Crystal, 11, and Anahi, 8 -- were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Her other two children who were in the van were in stable condition Wednesday at another Chicago hospital.

9:49:11: The van pulls into the crossing and is struck toward the rear, slowing its forward progress just long enough for the other train to smash into it.

video link: http://www.nwi.com/special/train/

article: http://www.nwitimes.com/articles/200...4e0008c30b.txt

[TG Rebecca]

oh my gosh.. i would've never imagined. those poor kids.

[who]

4 kids in the van without seatbelts, and the mom rushing to beat a train.

Very intelligent. Hell, she should have MORE kids now to replace the ones she lost. She'll need them for the welfare money I bet.

[Tom_PM]

Completely stupid but still tragic for those children, and a life sentance of grief for the mother. I'm sure she wishes she were dead too.

And for what? To have a few less minutes sitting with your children in your car while you wait for trains? Perspective.

[Martin3]

Sucks that she lived

[Ross]

Jesus. Thats just so stupid. For the sake of a 10 minute wait or something two of her kids are now dead. So inconsiderate.

[Shoehorn!]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Completely stupid but still tragic for those children, and a life sentance of grief for the mother. I'm sure she wishes she were dead too.

And for what? To have a few less minutes sitting with your children in your car while you wait for trains? Perspective.

I was thinking the same thing.

[polish_aristocrat]

wow

stupid bitch

people usually stop and wait when they see a train far away and his woman was doing what only a drunk teenager could be doing

poor kids though, RIP

[Bex]

Wow, what a moron! Someone that stupid should not have kids.

[DirtyDreamer]

Is that the world's longest parking lot? I would never put a parking lot running parallel to a railroad track.

I don't feel sad for her since she obviously didn't have any common sense (you don't try to outrace a train) but I do feel sad for her kids that were at her mercy.

[BuggyG]

feel really sorry for the kids dying and the ones hurt
but as for the mom.. STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!
she deserve it.. how STUPID can ya be to do such a thng with kids in the car?? I don't even do that when am alone.. i'll wait the time it takes the train to go by

if she dies.. it's going to be too good for her
she DESERVES to be alive and have to live with the knowledge of her dumb stupid actions

[D]

Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Completely stupid but still tragic for those children, and a life sentance of grief for the mother. I'm sure she wishes she were dead too.

And for what? To have a few less minutes sitting with your children in your car while you wait for trains? Perspective.

Exactly.

[cranki]

evolution at its best

[C_U_Next_Tuesday]

How horrible for all involved.

[eroswebmaster]

I just don't get this kind of stupidity. It's not as if they haven't spent millions of dollars on public service announcements addressing this kind of shit. The other one I just don't get is people who leave their children in cars during the summer.

I live in a nice part of Vegas, inside a gated community. So, you don't see a bunch of white trash over here, who you would expect this kind of behavior from.

But anyway, I'm pumping gas and this guy comes out of the store after about 5 minutes and starts pumping gas into his Escalade.

I see him leaning in talking to someone and I can't see them. He then leaves the door open and goes back into the store for about another 5 minutes or so, and during this time I hear this little voice saying..."daddy?"

I move so I can see, and there's a toddler, maybe 2 1/2 years old, a little girl sitting in her car seat. This stupid fucker doesn't know me. I could be the most vile person in the world waiting for an opportunity like this, not to mention leaving the kid in a car in Vegas heat with the doors shut the first 5 minutes he was in the store.

Stupid mother fuckers.