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-Short Attention Span Theater-

Union Pacific: Man Struck By Train Has 'Significant Injuries'

2016-10-14

[ABC13] A man has been hospitalized after he was hit by a train in east Houston.
Whoa! That's unusual...
This all happened at around 9:40am. HPD says a caller to 911 said the man was trying to cross the tracks at Lyons near Sakowitz Street when he was hit.
"Yup. There he wuz, justa walkin' across the tracks. Never seen it comin'."
The man was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital by ambulance.
"Okay, Floyd! Load 'im on the stretcher!"
"No! You load him on the stretcher!"
Union Pacific tells Eyewitness News the man had "significant injuries" after the accident.
Hmmm... Hit by a train and had significant injuries? Who'da ever expected that?
The company says the man had trespassed onto the tracks at the Lyons Avenue crossing as the train was traveling southbound from the Englewood Yard to Pasadena.
Could easily have been an Atlanta car or train jumper, if Atlanta still had trains.

Posted by:Fred

#12 "Okay, Floyd! Load 'im on the stretcher!"
"No! You load him on the stretcher!"

I know a firefighter who says just give him a pair of gloves and he'll pick up anything. He's picked up lots of brains that have popped out of skulls in his life.

Posted by: Uleasing Turkeyneck4980 2016-10-14 22:00

#11 "Too stupid to live" really should be a valid diagnosis.

Posted by: Barbara 2016-10-14 19:16

#10 Her plaintive horn shrieking a note of
Confusion ('twas almost emotive)
Until the brakes stilled her:
"Why make me a killer?
Inscrutable, cruel loco motive!"

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-10-14 17:00

#9 They all do, along with anyone else who contributes to the fun. :-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-14 16:01

#8 And Blossom gets to go to their room.

Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-14 08:21

#7 #1 Well, on the positive side, he has now been trained. Clever and funny.

Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-14 08:05

#6 What was a man doin' in that 'hood and not on the train??? It's dangerous down there...

Posted by: One Eyed Speaking for Boskone7919 2016-10-14 07:32

#5 See yesterday's story about the car hopping death.

Posted by: Skidmark 2016-10-14 07:03

#4 Trains, why do they hate us ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-14 03:42

#3 So? You should see the train!

Posted by: European Conservative 2016-10-14 00:26

#2 Is "significant injuries" a polite euphuism for looking like a bowl of spaghetti?

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2016-10-14 00:16

#1 Well, on the positive side, he has now been trained.

Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-10-14 00:12

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