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- From: zephyr@cory.Berkeley.EDU (COIFMAN)
- Subject: Re: Stupid People
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.210843.3481@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:08:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.194002.17469@wubios.wustl.edu> derek@wubios.wustl.edu (Derek Morgan) writes:
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- >28-year pregnant mother drives around crossing gate to wait for train to pass
- >on far track. In gaining these precious 10 yards, which will save her an
- >enormous amount of time, she fails to realize that the gate now behind her
- >has a purpose; an oncoming train hits her car. She is in critical condition;
- >her three children in the car with her were also injured.
- >
- >She has been unable to comment on her proud, defiant stand in the face of the
- >oncoming frieght. Her family is preparing to take legal action against the
- >engineer, saying that since he saw the car on the tracks, he was negligent in
- >not stopping the train.
- >
- >Geez.
- >
- >Derek Morgan
-
- If we lived in a world that worked the right way, the rail road would
- be preparing to take legal action against the driver for tresspassign,
- damage to their locomotive, loss of revinue do to having the main shut
- down, etc..
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