Mass Darwin Award in India

[madoka]

http://news.yahoo.com/train-kills-37-pilgrims-eastern-india-103334145.html

A train ran over a group of Hindu pilgrims at a crowded station in eastern India early Monday, killing at least 37 people. A mob infuriated by the deaths beat the driver severely and set fire to coaches, officials said.

Several hours after the accident, flames and dark smoke could be seen billowing out of the train coaches, as protesters blocked firefighters from the station in Dhamara Ghat, a small town in Bihar state, officials said.

Dinesh Chandra Yadav, a local member of parliament, said the pilgrims were crossing the tracks in the packed, chaotic station when they were struck by the Rajya Rani Express train. Several other people were injured.

S.K. Bhardwaj, a police officer in Bihar, said 37 people were killed.

Railway official Arunendra Kumar said the train was not supposed to halt at Dhamara Ghat and had been given clearance to pass through the station. However, some pilgrims waited on the tracks thinking they could stop the train, he said.

The train stopped a few hundred meters (yards) beyond the spot where it hit the pilgrims. Angry mobs then pulled out the train driver and beat him. Yadav said the driver died, but Kumar said the driver was in hospital in critical condition.

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They WAITED on the train tracks!?!?!?!

 

[Vdubchaos]

This is on par with what they do to people in India after a car accident. Regardless who is at fault, step one after car accident = run away fast!!!

I can't believe people actually visit that country, but hey.

 

[maddogchen]

This is on par with what they do to people in India after a car accident. Regardless who is at fault, step one after car accident = run away fast!!!

I can't believe people actually visit that country, but hey.

hmm...wouldn't it be step one after car accident = kill the other driver???

 

[PokerGuy]

Amazing how you can have a country that on the one hand seems to be modernizing and progressing, and on the other hand is still stuck in the stone ages.

 

[Raghu]

^ Yes, the south and the north respectively.

 

[dennilfloss]

About 40 people on average die every day on India's vast but decrepit railway network. Many of the victims are slum dwellers who live near the lines and use them as open toilets. Some passengers fall off overcrowded commuter trains.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/08/19/21056841.html

 

[dank69]

I find this story fascinating.

 

[MontyAC]

I guess they didn't see the train approaching.

 

[dank69]

I guess they didn't see the train approaching.

They thought they could make the train stop by standing on the tracks.

 

[busydude]

People are stupid and there is no shortage of them in India.

 

[lupi]

Hell of a game of chicken.

 

[leftyman]

Does India have Walmarts too?

 

[DrunkenSano]

Looks like the average intelligence of the world went up slightly after that event.

 

[swanysto]

Well, when you have over a billion people, there are bound to be winners and losers.

 

[moonbogg]

"However, some pilgrims waited on the tracks thinking they could stop the train, he said."

That can't be true.

 

[StrangerGuy]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2013/08/19/21056841.html

If you consider how bloody slow, overloaded and mismanaged their train system is almost amazing that daily death count is still in the double digits for almost 1.5B people.

 

[crownjules]

"However, some pilgrims waited on the tracks thinking they could stop the train, he said."

That can't be true.

You take for granted your education and the knowledge available at your fingertips. They likely no nothing about the weight of a train and momentum and how that effects its breaking speed. This is the same country that defecates into and dumps corpses into the same river (Ganges) that they drink from and bathe in. They just don't understand because most of them are poor and have no education.

 

[Hugo L.]

"However, some pilgrims waited on the tracks thinking they could stop the train, he said."

That can't be true.

Why not? India is a shithole of gigantic proportions. When you have a billion people, a significant % of them uneducated, who knows what they think the can do?

It's sad, but not unexpected.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Why not? India is a shithole of gigantic proportions. When you have a billion people, a significant % of them uneducated, who knows what they think the can do?

It's sad, but not unexpected.

If you are going to breed and live like pigs...Then prepare to die like one.

 

[JM Aggie08]

If you are going to breed and live like pigs...Then prepare to die like one.

Ya bro, white power.

 

[PowerYoga]

Given that they're pilgrims, they probably think God will stop the train for them.

37 Darwin Awards.

 

[Soundmanred]

 

[StrangerGuy]

Ya bro, white power.

Ya bro, opposing the vast majority of them and other parts of the world putting out babies out they can't afford to provide a good life is racist. Small wonder between them and PC nuts like you the world is so screwed.

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Wing Commander Pilgrims

 

[Jeffg010]

Amazing how you can have a country that on the one hand seems to be modernizing and progressing, and on the other hand is still stuck in the stone ages.

I don't know about this modernizing and progressing thing when they think call center jobs are top of the line for them over there.