{"id":4035,"date":"2007-12-06T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/man-hit-by-train-while-talking.html"},"modified":"2007-12-06T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T18:35:00","slug":"man-hit-by-train-while-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/man-hit-by-train-while-talking.html","title":{"rendered":"Man hit by train while talking on a cell phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imagine if you were the person on the other end of the phone when the train struck<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A pedestrian apparently absorbed in a cell phone call was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in San Leandro today after he walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks, authorities said.
\nThe victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the Oakland station, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I bet some politician will propose making it illegal to talk on your cell phone near the train station.
\n(via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine if you were the person on the other end of the phone when the train struck: A pedestrian apparently absorbed in a cell phone call was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in San Leandro today after he walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks, authorities said. 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