A man is dead after being struck and killed by a train near Buffalo, New York, while examining a scratch-off lottery ticket.
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Man killed by train while looking at lottery ticket
May 18, 2008, 9:47 pm (29 comments)
maybe he was deaf?
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.
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.
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? <_< >_>
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.
What a way to go !! RIP""
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.
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'. "
one for darwin's
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!!!!
He got Lost in the Moment: The Ticket was a Winner!
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.
SAD STORY , But beer is almost always on my fishing trips
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.
Guess he had a better chance of getting run over by a train than winning the lottery.
Wonder if the ticket was a winner.
That was both tragic and stupid at the same time. A Darwin Award candidate?
Was his name Psycho??......
Every time I see light at the end of the tunnel it's an oncoming train....
This story sounds kind of "fishy".
real sad
So sad and being a scratch off, it was probably not a winner!
Condolences to the family.
I agree! Even if he was deaf, could he not FEEL the VIBRATIONS of the oncoming train!? THis is really, really, sad. Was the ticket a winner even????? Hmmmnn. the more I read, I wonder. Then Again, it was not an April Fool's Story. I just wonder sometimes.
Note to self.......
Maybe it was just Karma.
"My name is Earl ..."
this story reeks so bad I'm about to spray lysol all up in this room! it's not even funny! everything from him not hearing or FEELING the train coming to his friend not coming to his aide .. heck, to the train conductor not putting on the EMERGENCY BRAKES! they need sgt. mason [first 48/a&e] to be on this case, she'll cuss and knock the friend upside the head until he confesses! so sad .. but I will leave any other smart azz comments to myself as this family is grieving .. but I just never understood the full meaning of the quote "stopped 'dead in your tracks' " till right now!
Also that they are on foot and had just came from a fishing trip. So here these two guys are, loaded down with fishing equipment and possibly fish. They decide to drop by a store, with said equipment, buy a scratch card then cut across the rail road tracks. Like I said this doesn't pass the smell test.
Some people were not meant to contribute to the gene pool. Mother Earth will always take care of Mother Earth first.