Well, don't I feel like...

...a jerk. Apparently, the guy I mocked a couple of posts below for being on the tracks and getting hit by a train did not survive his injuries. That sucks. Maybe I need 'sensitivity training' or something.

So how does a man not notice an oncoming train? According to the article, there was "alcohol involved." Go figure... Like drinking and driving, drinking and 'walking on the tracks' does not mix, either.

He died oblivious, at least.

Story's almost as strange as that ambulance that got hit in Arab (?) last month when it pulled up to stop at train tracks, then moved forward just as the train entered the intersection. Both the EMTs in the ambulance were killed instantly...

Or that tractor trailer driver driving on McEntire (just across 24 from us) who thought he could beat a train while hauling a full load of bottled water. He survived, but the trailer got trashed, showering the area with water bottles...

Is it a North Alabama thing to not understand the danger in standing or driving in front of the massive tonnage of metal churning at you on a preset course? I promise you, it will not turn at the last second...

...

Okay, can I get off the train subject already?