Tuesday, March 14, 2006

i'm sure i am going to hell for this post


cnn.com has a story up about how the reigning "Miss Deaf Texas" was struck by a train yesterday and killed:

Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking Monday near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said.

A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred.

the article then goes on to say that McAvoy had been deaf since birth.

silly question--if you can't hear, isn't it a bad idea to walk on railroad tracks?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Theoretically, if she was paying attention, she should have *felt* that the train was coming. More than that, wtf was she doing near the tracks in the first place?