12-Year-Old Boy Killed Due to iPod Distraction

[Marcus Yam]

Be careful.

12-Year-Old Boy Killed Due to iPod Distraction : Read more

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

You know, this really makes me sad...

and to Marcus, I like how you wrote this article, not focussing on apple, but more so the event itself. I get the feeling that you might also have written this if it was with a Walkman

 

[rsg22]

What an idiot, you need to be aware of your surroundings regardless.

How do you end up with YOUR BACK TO A TRAIN?

 

[tipoo]

If he wasn't so young, I would say this is a shoe-in for a Darwin award.

 

[Onus]

Thumb it down all you like; and I'm not saying this isn't sad, but it is also evolution in action. In the animal kingdom at large, a single "mistake" like that is all it takes...

 

[mp562]

This kid is a moron, why would you have your back to the tracks? Think McFly, think.

 

[figgus]

We just had someone in my home town get hit while TEXTING on a BICYCLE. A delivery truck flattened him.

People really do need to learn when to pay attention to what they are doing.

 

[rsg22]

[citation][nom]figgus[/nom]We just had someone in my home town get hit while TEXTING on a BICYCLE. A delivery truck flattened him.People really do need to learn when to pay attention to what they are doing.[/citation]

Agreed.

Ignorance is now not only bliss, it's also potentially death.

 

[jsc]

I go along with jtt283 here.

 

[chickenhoagie]

my question is, why would he even be that close to the tracks? i just dont understand..

 

[cronik93]

I can never do that. I don't how people do it or WHY!?!.

It would be such a distraction having music blasting in my ear. Why in the hell was the kid walking on train tracks anyway?

 

[aracheb]

[citation][nom]figgus[/nom]We just had someone in my home town get hit while TEXTING on a BICYCLE. A delivery truck flattened him.People really do need to learn when to pay attention to what they are doing.[/citation]
hahhahaha
this is hilarious

 

[lamorpa]

Timeout for you, Marcus Yam (author), sit in the corner. You are not allowed to use and iWords for a week. The poor boy was killed because his hearing was inhibited. The brand of MP3 player, and even the source of the sound altogether is not important.

 

[rajangel]

When I hear that the train sounded the horn. I wonder if the kid may actually have been deaf.

 

[santfu]

[citation][nom]figgus[/nom]We just had someone in my home town get hit while TEXTING on a BICYCLE. A delivery truck flattened him.People really do need to learn when to pay attention to what they are doing.[/citation]

two things, firstly i'm impressed that someone can ride a bike and text at the same time, and secondly did the cyclist ride into a crossing or something, as my first impression would be to blame the truck driver and not the cyclist

 

[L0tus]

[citation][nom]rajangel[/nom]....I wonder if the kid may actually have been deaf.[/citation]

The train engineer said that Muloki has his back to the train and was LISTENING to his iPod.

*palm to forehead*

 

[sagansrun]

People, its not like you dont know where trains travel. They dont leave invisible tracks. The tracks they use are heavy steel rails with wood ties, so you know a train is somewhere near at any given point. Even if you're deaf you can avoid being hit by a train.

 

[porschedream]

shudnt have been on the tracks in the first place

 

[ajcroteau]

DEATH BY STEREO!!!

 

[icepick314]

what kind of earphone was that kid using???!??!

if it was default white Apple earphone, there's absolutely no way it can block the incoming train plus the horn....