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Man killed by train while looking at lottery ticket
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A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo, New York, while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket. Police say 48-year-old Ronald Wittenberg of Lackawanna did not respond to the train's blaring horn as it approached him from behind as he walked between the rails. Wittenberg was returning from fishing with a friend shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Police were told he had his head down and was examining the lottery ticket. Wittenberg died from massive head and internal injuries, police said.
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United States Member #61017 April 21, 2008 301 Posts Offline |
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mid-Ohio United States Member #9 March 24, 2001 10028 Posts Offline |
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Examining a lottery ticket or even reading a news paper while walking between the rails of an active train track or even driving down the free way is just a thoughtless idea. * What happens most *
* will most likely happen again *
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NY United States Member #24178 October 16, 2005 1603 Posts Offline |
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Maybe he was, but my money is on stupid. Trains are easy to spot, and it's always easy to tell exactly where they're going to be. Standing in that spot and not paying attention isn't a very smart thing to do.
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MI United States Member #55299 August 31, 2007 731 Posts Offline |
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I second stupid and if he was deaf that'd just mean he was deaf and stupid.
So..... Any word whether the ticket was a winner or not? <_< >_> With odds like 1 in 175,711,536 how can I lose?!
You can't predict random.
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Idaho United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 2952 Posts Offline |
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Examining a lottery ticket or even reading a news paper while walking between the rails of an active train track or even driving down the free way is just a thoughtless idea. I agree. I think it's a sad situation, but when you are around train tracks you have to be aware of you surroundings. It's not a place to reading things and ignoring what's going on.  "No one remembers the person who almost climbed the mountain, only the person who eventually gets to the top."
ThatScaryChick
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Albany,Georgia United States Member #46060 August 24, 2006 1267 Posts Offline |
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What a way to go !! RIP""
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Wisconsin United States Member #1327 March 27, 2003 1509 Posts Offline |
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Totally bizarre ! I mean...he was returning from a fishing trip? And walking between the rails on the tracks? Was there no place else to walk?
And with the odds on scratchoffs, it was probably a loser. ============
How can you tell if a politician is lying?
Answer: His lips are moving.
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United States Member #13375 March 30, 2005 1267 Posts Offline |
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Walking on railroad tracks. Why? 
As I understand it, the rails warn you where trains tend to congregate.
As Larry-the-cable-guy warns: "If you ever find yourself being attacked by a train do this..." [Jumps to side]
But, as Ron White tells us, "You can't fix 'stupid'. " Prince of Insufficient Light ~ Ruler of Heck
O = W More of the animals are noticing that they cannot tell the pigs from the men.
The state is incapable of criminal behavior; Julius Caesar was killed in a random walk-by knifing. 
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United States Member #52818 May 21, 2007 328 Posts Offline |
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United States Member #91 January 19, 2002 5871 Posts Offline |
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Anybody bother to look for the ticket, cause the one thing that will freeze me in my tracks, is scratching off a million dollar winner!!!! "Everybody has to believe in something...I believe I'll have another beer!" = W.C.Fields
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New Jersey United States Member #18150 June 28, 2005 14085 Posts Offline |
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He got Lost in the Moment: The Ticket was a Winner! A mind once stretched by a new idea never returns to its original dimensions!
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Mallorn trees of Lothlorien United States Member #26441 November 14, 2005 192 Posts Offline |
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This story doesn't pass the smell test. If he was 40 feet behind his friend, he must of jumped off the track first. So how did he know his friend was looking at the ticket at the time the train hit him? It will be interesting to see if his friend cashes in a large sum scratch-off.
Buffalo News
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"The train was blaring its horn for 45 seconds or a minute straight," Lackawanna Police Capt. Ronald Miller said. "For some reason, he never heard the horn."
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Wittenberg, who was returning from fishing with a friend, was walking between the rails, about 40 feet behind his friend, with his head down while examining the lottery ticket, police were told. The train approached from behind. Quando Porca Volare! 
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da bronx,city island,n.y. United States Member #30895 January 17, 2006 137 Posts Offline |
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A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo, New York, while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket. Police say 48-year-old Ronald Wittenberg of Lackawanna did not respond to the train's blaring horn as it approached him from behind as he walked between the rails. Wittenberg was returning from fishing with a friend shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday. Police were told he had his head down and was examining the lottery ticket. Wittenberg died from massive head and internal injuries, police said. SAD STORY , But beer is almost always on my fishing trips
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Alexandria,VA United States Member #51529 March 26, 2007 272 Posts Offline |
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Sounds like a CSI story to me.....
Once they start investigating, the friend will be arrested for killing his friend for catching the "big one"! (smirk)
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