Post by Toksyc on May 15, 2006 19:42:19 GMT -5
Today at lunch something really bad happen that even gets to me, being a very apathetic person.
Ten minute before class started, two students were involved with a Train-auto collision. One died, the other is in the hospital in critical condition. I knew both boys.
They did nothing wrong when this happen. They weren't under any influence, they were simply trying to get back to school on a very dangerous intersection. The tracks there are completely unfit. There are no gates that lower, and the lights and bells only come on seconds before the train passe by instead of a good minute or so. The tracks are almost all covered by trees, making it impossible to see if a train is coming. They didn't see it, the lights or bells didn't warn them. They turned when the light should have been red across the tracks, but was still green, and the train smashed the truck into basically a ball of metal with wheels, and dragged them about a half mile since it takes a while for a train to stop.
I hate driving enough as it is, and this just makes it so much worse. To know that in my own town I could be killed just like that because some tracks don't have proper alert systems. Because some dumbass might want to speed through a yellow light while mine might be green. It can all happen so suddenly, and you may not even be doing a damn thing wrong. The kid who died was a very good student. He made almost always As and Bs, but of course he hung out with some questionable friends. All he was doing was going out to lunch with one of them. Coming back to school. The one who survived was in my seventh hour and honestly, though I never liked his personal taste and his lack of effort, he was funny and amusing and made the boring last hour of the day somewhat fun. He's damn lucky to still be alive after something like that. Our principle aanounced it by 6th hour once the police had finally contacted the family. But since we got back from lunch 5th hour, there was such a heavy sorrow on everyone. The halls were much more quiet. After 6th hour it was worse. Girls and boys alike were leaving school in tears. Teachers were in tears.
These two kids were only juniors. Only 17. Both very good boys doing nothing wrong. And it just made everyone realize how reckless they can be, how much they don't pay attention when they cross the tracks or look aorund for speeding cars at an intersection. It makes me sad that Tyler, who died, wasn't even the one driving. It made everyone realize that this shit can happen to any of us. And fate proved that today.
So, I want to tell all of you right now when you are out driving, or you start to, pay attention to what you're doing, and most of all, what other people are doing. There's never been one tiem I've crossed tracks without looking both ways down them first, or waited a second or two before going at a green light at an intersection. It can happen to anyone, any of you. If you're riding with a friend, help them drive and keep your eyes out for them. I'm almost positive they both might have been able to get out alive if they had paid just a little more attention when coming to those tracks.
Ten minute before class started, two students were involved with a Train-auto collision. One died, the other is in the hospital in critical condition. I knew both boys.
They did nothing wrong when this happen. They weren't under any influence, they were simply trying to get back to school on a very dangerous intersection. The tracks there are completely unfit. There are no gates that lower, and the lights and bells only come on seconds before the train passe by instead of a good minute or so. The tracks are almost all covered by trees, making it impossible to see if a train is coming. They didn't see it, the lights or bells didn't warn them. They turned when the light should have been red across the tracks, but was still green, and the train smashed the truck into basically a ball of metal with wheels, and dragged them about a half mile since it takes a while for a train to stop.
I hate driving enough as it is, and this just makes it so much worse. To know that in my own town I could be killed just like that because some tracks don't have proper alert systems. Because some dumbass might want to speed through a yellow light while mine might be green. It can all happen so suddenly, and you may not even be doing a damn thing wrong. The kid who died was a very good student. He made almost always As and Bs, but of course he hung out with some questionable friends. All he was doing was going out to lunch with one of them. Coming back to school. The one who survived was in my seventh hour and honestly, though I never liked his personal taste and his lack of effort, he was funny and amusing and made the boring last hour of the day somewhat fun. He's damn lucky to still be alive after something like that. Our principle aanounced it by 6th hour once the police had finally contacted the family. But since we got back from lunch 5th hour, there was such a heavy sorrow on everyone. The halls were much more quiet. After 6th hour it was worse. Girls and boys alike were leaving school in tears. Teachers were in tears.
These two kids were only juniors. Only 17. Both very good boys doing nothing wrong. And it just made everyone realize how reckless they can be, how much they don't pay attention when they cross the tracks or look aorund for speeding cars at an intersection. It makes me sad that Tyler, who died, wasn't even the one driving. It made everyone realize that this shit can happen to any of us. And fate proved that today.
So, I want to tell all of you right now when you are out driving, or you start to, pay attention to what you're doing, and most of all, what other people are doing. There's never been one tiem I've crossed tracks without looking both ways down them first, or waited a second or two before going at a green light at an intersection. It can happen to anyone, any of you. If you're riding with a friend, help them drive and keep your eyes out for them. I'm almost positive they both might have been able to get out alive if they had paid just a little more attention when coming to those tracks.