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Man killed by train while looking at lottery ticket
Just Guru to you! United States Member #91 January 19, 2002 5145 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 12184 Posts Online |
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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 182 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 112 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 114 Posts Offline |
| Posted: May 19, 2008, 2:24 pm - IP Logged |
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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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Hamilton, OH United States Member #4236 March 27, 2004 156 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) LOL, that was funny. Stupid is as stupid does. I know a man who won 2million on a scratcher. I asked him how it changed his life. He said he lost his best friend because he sued him for 1million, he pointed out that he hadn't scratched the box on the bottom of the ticket. It was the winning box so he thought he deserved half.
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New Member Chicago United States Member #9613 December 8, 2004 14 Posts Offline |
| Posted: May 19, 2008, 4:49 pm - IP Logged |
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Guess he had a better chance of getting run over by a train than winning the lottery. To get back on your feet again - miss two car payments.
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New Member South Elgin United States Member #49895 January 31, 2007 1 Posts Offline |
| Posted: May 19, 2008, 4:58 pm - IP Logged |
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Wonder if the ticket was a winner.
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Norway Member #9692 December 10, 2004 722 Posts Online |
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That was both tragic and stupid at the same time. A Darwin Award candidate?
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Somerset,Ky United States Member #47874 November 4, 2006 324 Posts Offline |
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Was his name Psycho??......
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