ABILENE – An Abilene man was struck and killed by a train in central Abilene on Tuesday.
For the second time this month, a man was struck and killed by a train in Abilene. The event occurred at 11:00 a.m. on the tracks by the Boy Scouts of America building and the intersection of North 1st Street and Pioneer Drive.
The train conductor called the police and reported that he had hit a person who was later found near a creek. The man’s identity has not been released but investigators have confirmed a death.
It is unknown what the man was doing on the railroad tracks.
On March 11, 35-year-old Curtis Lee Proctor was killed by a train in Abilene.
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Abilene must be brimming over with really stupid and ignorant people. I'm forever seeing some idiot getting wiped out by a train up there. How can these fools not hear a roaring, horn blaring train about to run over them while being stupid enough in the first place to hike up the middle of train tracks ? ? ?
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PermalinkThe tracks in question, that divide North and South parts of town, has a speed limit of 70 mph. A train moving that fast is not easily heard, unless it is blowing the horns. That, combined with the increased use of headphones are the two most common factors leading to these pedestrian deaths.
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PermalinkThank you for intelligent, empathetic input to a tragic story.
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PermalinkAgreed Big Daddy, maybe sooner than later at this rate, Abilene will be a much safer place for trains to travel as these morons become fewer and fewer.....
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