ABILENE, TX –– A 41-year-old Abilene man is dead after he was struck by a train on Monday evening.
According to the Abilene Police Department, shortly after 7:00 p.m.offciers were dispatched to the 2900 block of South First St. near the Leggett crossover for reports of a crash involving a pedestrian and a Union Pacific train.
According to witnesses at the scene, Jason Wayne Dane was sitting on the tracks as the train approached from the east. The conductor sounded the whistle in an attempt to warn Dane to move away from the tracks and began engaging the braking system, but it was futile.
Dane did not move from the tracks and was struck by the train. He was transported to a local hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead by the Justice of the Peace.
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The world is full of dumbasses, but at least there is one less of them today......
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PermalinkThe world is full of horrible humans as well but your still here!
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PermalinkYou sir sound like a horrible human!!
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PermalinkFor the record, trains are not operated by conductors. The conductor is in charge of the train, but it is operated by an engineer. Thus is was the engineer who sounded the whistle and braked the train.
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