09-05-2009, 05:42
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DUMB and DUMBER Part II
Soldier loses both legs in train accident
Army Captain William Keating, 27, lost both legs after trying to board a moving train in downtown Columbus around 1 a.m., according to Columbus Police.
The incident occurred at Ninth Street and Broadway.
The Norfolk Southern train was traveling west.
Witnesses told police the Fort Benning soldier from Euless, Texas, attempted to climb a ladder on a boxcar as it passed by.
Keating, they said, lost his footing and fell on the roadway. A chip hopper, a train car used to haul wood chips, struck him and severed both his legs.
Keating was rushed to the Medical Center where Friday evening he was in the intensive care unit listed in critical condition. Keating is a student with the Manuever Center Career Captain Course at Fort Benning.
A spokesperson for the Norfolk Southern railroad said no official statement will be made but confirmed that the information from the police report was accurate.
According to the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis, there have been 29 incidents involving trains and people — whether on foot or in a vehicle — in Muscogee County from 1999-2008.
Operation Lifesaver is an Alexandria, Va.-based nonprofit safety program that aims to eliminate railroad casualties.
Marmie Edwards, vice-president for communications for Operation Lifesaver, said on Friday that there are about 800-900 pedestrians hurt or killed yearly in train incidents.
“It’s really more than we see with car-train accidents, which number is probably less than 500 now.”
She said a big part of the problem is people underestimating the power and speed of a train.
“Because they are so big, they look like they are moving slow,” she said.
Some people are just fascinated with trains.
“Don’t play with them. Stay off the tracks,” she said.
She said the organization has never been able to verify how many of the incidents involved alcohol or drugs.
BMT
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09-05-2009, 08:22
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Most Trains today are being equipped with Cameras. This is to fight frivolous Law Suites filed by people who try to go around the Warning gates in their vehicles. It amazes how much money the Rail Road pays out each year to people hit by trains. Even thou its obviously the person being hit fault.
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09-05-2009, 08:56
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A Captain, in the Army, trying to hop a train while attending a military school, falls off and loses his legs?
Line of Duty, NO, do not pass go, do not collect any additional government pay.
Here's your sign. You just can't fix stupid.
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09-05-2009, 13:45
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I thought Texans were suppose to be tough? Obviously not the smartest. 
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09-05-2009, 17:45
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I thought Texans were suppose to be tough? Obviously not the smartest. |
Maybe the drunkest?
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09-05-2009, 22:58
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"Keating is a student with the Manuever Center Career Captain Course at Fort Benning."
Was he practicing for a PE?????
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09-06-2009, 01:03
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A Captain, lost both legs after trying to board a moving train in downtown Columbus around 1 a.m.according to Columbus Police.
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Around or about 0100hrs he's trying too jump on a moving train while downtown. 
Maybe some folks were chasing him? That would be my story/excuse! 
Stay safe.
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09-06-2009, 07:52
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Around or about 0100hrs he's trying too jump on a moving train while downtown.
Maybe some folks were chasing him? That would be my story/excuse!
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At 0100, almost all bad ideas are alcohol fueled.
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09-07-2009, 18:57
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wanna bet this guy ends up in a chair telling the story..... there i was surrounded, knee deep in handgrenade pins... a war hero in the making.
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09-08-2009, 04:17
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I am about to enter the MCCC after this one. I hadn't heard of this happening, nor do I know the officer involved. Agree that it is almost certainly alcohol fueled. It's a shame that some leaders get into a school environment and turn off their brains.
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