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Teenager hit by train whilst texting, somehow survives

August 23rd, 2007 | Category: Mobile Technology

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Granted, this isn’t the first run-in we’ve seen involving trains and an SMS-minded individual, but the former story certainly didn’t involve a train coming into contact with a human. This time, however, an 18-year old Ohio resident managed to get carted away from a devastating collision after being struck by an oncoming locomotive. The kid apparently waited for one train to pass, but rather than double-checking for anything coming in the opposite direction, he simply forged ahead. Consequently, he was thrown 50-feet and knocked unconscious mid-sentence, but is thankfully recovering in a Cincinnati hospital.

[Via Switched]

 

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Original post by Darren Murph

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