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Title: Texas is rough on their Veterans! - 4 Dead as Train Hits Vets' Parade
Post by: gym**rat on November 16, 2012, 08:28:50 AM
4 Dead as Train Hits Vets' Parade


Four people died and 17 others were taken to a hospital when a train crashed into a parade float honoring veterans in Midland, Texas, late this afternoon.

"From what we know right now, apparently there were two fatalities at the time of the incident and two more at the hospital that passed away after they'd been transported," Midland Police Chief Price Robinson said.

Midland Memorial Hospital confirmed the four deaths to ABC News.

Of the 17 injured at the hospital, 10 were in critical condition and seven were in stable condition, Robinson said.

The float was one of two 18-wheel trailers carrying wounded veterans and their families during the parade when a train approached, according to Hamid Vatankhah, a witness who owns a used car lot near the scene of the crash.

The first truck crossed the tracks in time, but the second did not, Vatankhah said, adding that sirens from the police cars in the parade may have drowned out the sound of the approaching train.

"Some people were able to jump, and some that were sitting in wheelchairs on top couldn't do nothing about it," Vatankhah said.

The floats in the Show of Support's Hunt for Heroes parade were crossing Union Pacific train tracks at Garfield Street and Industrial Avenue en route to a Show of Support Banquet around 4:35 p.m. local time, according to ABC News affiliate KMID-TV.

A Union Pacific spokesman said the eastbound train was sounding its horn before the accident and the crossing gate and lights were working, according to The Associated Press.

Witnesses said the gate did not go down before the floats got to the tracks, KMID reported.

The National Transportation Safety Board was launching a team to the site to investigate the crash. It expected to have investigators at the site this evening and a full team on site by Friday.

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Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: mass243 on November 16, 2012, 08:30:03 AM


Fukin' Columbia of Northern hemisphere.
Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: Radical Plato on November 16, 2012, 08:42:12 AM
Never understood the point in Veterans parade, one would think that a soldier would want to forget the war, not constantly remind themselves of it.  Now they will need a remembrance day for this tragedy!
Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: mass243 on November 16, 2012, 08:47:20 AM
Never understood the point in Veterans parade, one would think that a soldier would want to forget the war, not constantly remind themselves of it.


Often true for those who have fought for the existence of their country, for their family etc. For those who had no other option but fight.


But those who fight for the sheer joy of killing, seeing blood, hurting the innocent.... The war is a playground for them, a way to express their fantasies.
Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on November 16, 2012, 08:48:43 AM
Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: gym**rat on November 16, 2012, 08:53:26 AM

But those who fight for the sheer joy of killing, seeing blood, hurting the innocent.... The war is a playground for them, a way to express their fantasies.

Sad but true. Then they come back to society and cannot seperate fantasy from reality.
Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: MikMaq on November 16, 2012, 09:14:41 AM

Shit I got some new hairs on my chest just watching it.
Title: Re: Texas is rough on their Veterans!
Post by: arce1988 on November 16, 2012, 02:15:24 PM
  Ouch