Deaf man struck and killed by freight train, police say

Miss-Delectable · 11-24-2005, 08:11 PM

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...511240457/1006

A train struck and killed a deaf man Wednesday, but police said they were not sure whether his hearing loss was a factor in the accident.

Curtis D. Anderson, 24, Muncie, walked in front of the moving freight train about 1:30 p.m., after the train's operator blew the whistle.

"Instead, he stepped right onto the track as they were approaching him," Muncie Police Sgt. Brad Arey said.

Nancy · 11-24-2005, 08:25 PM

This reminds me of the deaf man who was walking across the tracks to work, and a train hit him, killing him....happened last year in my local area.
Also, I have seen the movie "Amy" (an early 1980s Disney movie) where this deaf student was hit by a train too.
Makes me wonder why the deaf were much more victim to get hit by trains....I mean, could they feel the vibrations the trains were coming? <shrugs>

DeafMonkey · 11-24-2005, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nancy

This reminds me of the deaf man who was walking across the tracks to work, and a train hit him, killing him....happened last year in my local area.
Also, I have seen the movie "Amy" (an early 1980s Disney movie) where this deaf student was hit by a train too.
Makes me wonder why the deaf were much more victim to get hit by trains....I mean, could they feel the vibrations the trains were coming? <shrugs>

ohh that remind me that long long long long time ago the movie i dont know what is the name of movie that few ppl are deaf kids that one boy was ran to chase other deaf guy on the train track but the deaf guy was shocked and staring at the train cause of too bright light ..

I wasnt sure if you understand what i am saying? if not understand then DARN! lol

Nancy · 11-24-2005, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeafMonkey

ohh that remind me that long long long long time ago the movie i dont know what is the name of movie that few ppl are deaf kids that one boy was ran to chase other deaf guy on the train track but the deaf guy was shocked and staring at the train cause of too bright light ..

I wasnt sure if you understand what i am saying? if not understand then DARN! lol

Yes, I do understand what you are saying here.

That was "Amy", the movie I was talking about.

I remember the scene well, the deaf guy turned around and looked shocked at the train coming toward him. I remember the bright lights of the train was covering him. Afterwards, you see adults who starred in the movie found his body and cried for him. Good movie but sad.

DeafMonkey · 11-24-2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy

Yes, I do understand what you are saying here.

That was "Amy", the movie I was talking about.

I remember the scene well, the deaf guy turned around and looked shocked at the train coming toward him. I remember the bright lights of the train was covering him. Afterwards, you see adults who starred in the movie found his body and cried for him. Good movie but sad.

ohhh yeah yeah wow that was long time ago lol .. I wanna watch again cause i just only watch that movie once! never see again cause i didnt watch all of them just that i watched the guy was in cabin till the guy was ran away and got hit by the train that is all i didnt watch from the start so i wanna watch it again but dont know what is the call the movie name

Teresh · 11-24-2005, 10:16 PM

Meh... I'd imagine it's pretty hard to get hit by a train, deaf or hearing. Deafblind... Maybe. >> But seriously. I mean... Don't they have flashing lights which indicate 'DO NO CROSS, THERE IS A TRAIN COMING'? I mean, it might not be this way everywhere, but I know up where I live it is required by law to have metal barriers that block all train crossings on roads as well as flashing lights and sirens...

Now, these things don't apply when you're just crossing the tracks and there's no road... But seriously people, is common sense that rare? Has anyone ever heard of 'look both ways before you cross the street'?

Then again... If this was a case of suicide, I guess my entire post really doesn't apply.

Unegawahya · 11-24-2005, 11:23 PM

If he faced the front of the train, then that's suicidal. Those cops need to realize that hearing loss is not the factor in the newspaper today. He was probably depressed before he got killed. We had one deaf person back in 1989 somewhere, he was struck by a 16-wheeler. He was facing front as the driver stated. He tried to brake but it took a long time for a largest truck to stop in the track. He quitted his job because he can't stop thinkin' of the poor fella. A deaf male's g/f told them they had a heated argument before that happened. His behavior before the accident was depression b/c he didn't want to lose her. It was pretty sad.

It can happen to anyone, not just deaf but hearing and other disabled as well. Like my friend, she had an argument with her husband (now ex) and he took off drinking and once he was behind the wheel, he crashed into a senior's vehicle killing him instantly a few years ago. After he was arrested and used up his time in prison, he was deported back to Mexico. Before the accident, he was, too, in depression state before getting drunk and drove a vehicle thru the red light at 60 MPH. OUCH!

javapride · 11-24-2005, 11:56 PM

the deaf poeple usually feels the train at the last minute near CSDF school where its run on track they have a hearing counselor nearby the tracks to alert the trains to slow down when it runs its agreed to run after 5 pm and before 2 pm during the school hours due to deaf kids around, there was a time it ran during the school after hours activies due to a backlog happening so i was there when this happen i saw a kid walking across the track not relizing a train was approaching a bit too fast so i had to throw a rock at the kid's back to get the kid to look over and he saw and scampered across the track fast and 5 kids were throwing rocks at the train to tell it to slow down cuz of the deafies... cops came and conductor was filing complaints abt it and we the HOH told the cops to tell the conductor to slow down around the School's area cuz of kids who can't hear! they :-X and now has cops driving by to make sure no kids around during the train runs. IDIOTS.....

dkf747 · 11-25-2005, 08:04 AM

A hearing person walking on the tracks was killed recently in our area. Deafness doesn't seem to be a factor in the one this thread is about.

Tousi · 11-25-2005, 11:19 AM

IF, IF, IF none of these cases were suicides, then I don't understand how these people are getting killed. Didn't our Mommies teach us to look both ways?!?

Angel · 11-25-2005, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tousi

IF, IF, IF none of these cases were suicides, then I don't understand how these people are getting killed. Didn't our Mommies teach us to look both ways?!?

Not IF we're blind....

Tousi · 11-25-2005, 01:42 PM

Lol, Angel, okay, blind AND deaf, too?

RedFox · 11-25-2005, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dkf747

A hearing person walking on the tracks was killed recently in our area. Deafness doesn't seem to be a factor in the one this thread is about.

Why do people walk on the tracks?

Did they mean crossing the tracks or walking along them? The crossing on Jefferson Road near RIT has gates for both cars and the sidewalk. There are also no trepassing signs to warn people not to walk along the tracks.

diehardbiker · 11-25-2005, 07:05 PM

I walked on tracks many times! I think it is kinda of cool anyway. I happen to be on very high rising train bridge and that the train was coming. I said "Holy (beep)!" I realize I don't have much room to escape. But I was smart enough to decide to lay down on the side of tracks because I knew that is the only place that would give me enough clearance. Wow, I can feel the bridge wobbling and looking down, say about 300 feet down!!! Scary, eh? But it didn't stop me from walking all along the tracks.

What I read article makes me wonder what position was this deaf guy in? It does not say wheather the deaf guy was toward to the train, or that the train was behind him? Whats more, the train horn is way way too loud, even if dead deaf could easily hear. But again at what speed was that train going?
Not enough details to determine what real factor that cause the manslaughter. It could be suicide for all I know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedFox

Why do people walk on the tracks?

Did they mean crossing the tracks or walking along them? The crossing on Jefferson Road near RIT has gates for both cars and the sidewalk. There are also no trepassing signs to warn people not to walk along the tracks.

Reba · 04-10-2006, 09:19 PM

From The Bluffton Today, Feb. 24, 2006:

An elderly woman with bad hearing died Friday after she walked into the path of an Amtrak train in downtown Ridgeland, SC.

Aretha Scott of Jasper County died instantly.

Horrified witnesses told police she was looking down at the ground as she walked and appeared not to see the railroad crossing's mechanical crossing arm and flashing lights. Nor did she apparently hear the clanging signal and train horn.

"Everything was working," said Capt. Chris Stevers of the Ridgeland Police Department. "There was nothing (the conductor) could do."

The woman was struck by the northbound passenger train shortly after 9 a.m. at the crossing grade adjacent to Ridge Pointe Square on Main Street.

Stevers said the Amtrak's conductor also reported that Scott "basically never looked up." Her death was being investigated as an accident.

Stevers said Ridgeland police talked with Scott's family and learned she was deaf or hard of hearing, though he was not sure to what degree.

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Unegawahya Hearing-impaired Cherokee Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: None of your business Posts: 454	If he faced the front of the train, then that's suicidal. Those cops need to realize that hearing loss is not the factor in the newspaper today. He was probably depressed before he got killed. We had one deaf person back in 1989 somewhere, he was struck by a 16-wheeler. He was facing front as the driver stated. He tried to brake but it took a long time for a largest truck to stop in the track. He quitted his job because he can't stop thinkin' of the poor fella. A deaf male's g/f told them they had a heated argument before that happened. His behavior before the accident was depression b/c he didn't want to lose her. It was pretty sad. It can happen to anyone, not just deaf but hearing and other disabled as well. Like my friend, she had an argument with her husband (now ex) and he took off drinking and once he was behind the wheel, he crashed into a senior's vehicle killing him instantly a few years ago. After he was arrested and used up his time in prison, he was deported back to Mexico. Before the accident, he was, too, in depression state before getting drunk and drove a vehicle thru the red light at 60 MPH. OUCH! __________________ O'siyo Witstatologi nihi Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utlc

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11-24-2005, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nancy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central FL Posts: 2,289	This reminds me of the deaf man who was walking across the tracks to work, and a train hit him, killing him....happened last year in my local area. Also, I have seen the movie "Amy" (an early 1980s Disney movie) where this deaf student was hit by a train too. Makes me wonder why the deaf were much more victim to get hit by trains....I mean, could they feel the vibrations the trains were coming? <shrugs>

11-24-2005, 10:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
Teresh Search for Truth Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,078	Meh... I'd imagine it's pretty hard to get hit by a train, deaf or hearing. Deafblind... Maybe. >> But seriously. I mean... Don't they have flashing lights which indicate 'DO NO CROSS, THERE IS A TRAIN COMING'? I mean, it might not be this way everywhere, but I know up where I live it is required by law to have metal barriers that block all train crossings on roads as well as flashing lights and sirens... Now, these things don't apply when you're just crossing the tracks and there's no road... But seriously people, is common sense that rare? Has anyone ever heard of 'look both ways before you cross the street'? Then again... If this was a case of suicide, I guess my entire post really doesn't apply.

11-24-2005, 11:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
javapride Java's Big Island Life! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: hawaii Posts: 6,509	the deaf poeple usually feels the train at the last minute near CSDF school where its run on track they have a hearing counselor nearby the tracks to alert the trains to slow down when it runs its agreed to run after 5 pm and before 2 pm during the school hours due to deaf kids around, there was a time it ran during the school after hours activies due to a backlog happening so i was there when this happen i saw a kid walking across the track not relizing a train was approaching a bit too fast so i had to throw a rock at the kid's back to get the kid to look over and he saw and scampered across the track fast and 5 kids were throwing rocks at the train to tell it to slow down cuz of the deafies... cops came and conductor was filing complaints abt it and we the HOH told the cops to tell the conductor to slow down around the School's area cuz of kids who can't hear! they :-X and now has cops driving by to make sure no kids around during the train runs. IDIOTS.....

11-25-2005, 08:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
dkf747 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: DC Area Posts: 677	A hearing person walking on the tracks was killed recently in our area. Deafness doesn't seem to be a factor in the one this thread is about.

11-25-2005, 11:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,236	IF, IF, IF none of these cases were suicides, then I don't understand how these people are getting killed. Didn't our Mommies teach us to look both ways?!?

11-25-2005, 01:42 PM	#12 (permalink)
Tousi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,236	Lol, Angel, okay, blind AND deaf, too?

04-10-2006, 09:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
Reba Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 17,237	From The Bluffton Today, Feb. 24, 2006: An elderly woman with bad hearing died Friday after she walked into the path of an Amtrak train in downtown Ridgeland, SC. Aretha Scott of Jasper County died instantly. Horrified witnesses told police she was looking down at the ground as she walked and appeared not to see the railroad crossing's mechanical crossing arm and flashing lights. Nor did she apparently hear the clanging signal and train horn. "Everything was working," said Capt. Chris Stevers of the Ridgeland Police Department. "There was nothing (the conductor) could do." The woman was struck by the northbound passenger train shortly after 9 a.m. at the crossing grade adjacent to Ridge Pointe Square on Main Street. Stevers said the Amtrak's conductor also reported that Scott "basically never looked up." Her death was being investigated as an accident. Stevers said Ridgeland police talked with Scott's family and learned she was deaf or hard of hearing, though he was not sure to what degree.