A Pregnant Texas Teen Was Killed By A Train While Taking Maternity Photos

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After an unsuccessful attempt to find the thread where this was discussed, looks like we have another “This is a great place to take a photo” victim

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/navasota-train-death-woman-was-excellent-athlete-who-wanted-to/article_39b771eb-f7df-5e83-bff8-d04167c692ad.html

Thompson was killed Friday in Navasota while posing for photos on a set of train tracks. Witnesses told investigators she was standing where two train tracks meet. Police said one set of tracks belonged to BNSF and the other to Union Pacific. Thomson was standing between the tracks and watching for an oncoming train from BNSF with her back turned toward an oncoming Union Pacific train. Witnesses said she tried to cross the Union Pacific tracks to avoid the BNSF train and was hit by the Union Pacific train.

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http://www.godvine.com/read/train-track-selfie-tragedy-1516.html

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I remember a few threads on the stupidity of using an active railroad track for photos (and movies (sigh)). Sad to see this still going on.

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After an unsuccessful attempt to find the thread where this was discussed, looks like we have another “This is a great place to take a photo” victim

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/navasota-train-death-woman-was-excellent-athlete-who-wanted-to/article_39b771eb-f7df-5e83-bff8-d04167c692ad.html

Thompson was killed Friday in Navasota while posing for photos on a set of train tracks. Witnesses told investigators she was standing where two train tracks meet. Police said one set of tracks belonged to BNSF and the other to Union Pacific. Thomson was standing between the tracks and watching for an oncoming train from BNSF with her back turned toward an oncoming Union Pacific train. Witnesses said she tried to cross the Union Pacific tracks to avoid the BNSF train and was hit by the Union Pacific train.


{ Note: Ms. Thompson was on the tracks posing for a ‘photo shoot’ she had hoped to use to start a modeling career… samfp1943}

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