Think you've had a bad day? Man hit by train, ambulance hit by car!

conjur

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http://www.nbc10.com/news/2933658/detail.html

Man Hit By Train, Then Has Ambulance Hit By Car
Janitor Survives Both Incidents

A 59-year-old janitor in Texas may be the world's luckiest man even though he had a really bad day Wednesday.

He was hit by a commuter train and then the ambulance carrying him to the hospital was hit by a car, injuring four more people.

Incredibly, both incidents were caught on camera at the commuter station and by a news helicopter.

The good news is that Donnie Hall was treated and released with just bruises.

Hall's trouble started when he left his job at Reliant Stadium and started his commute home.

He was missing one of his hearing aids, which would have cautioned him about how close the southbound train was to him at a commuter station.

Hall actually walked right into a southbound train as he hurried to catch the northbound train for his trip home from work.

A surveillance camera on the train filmed the first incident.
 

Ikonomi

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LOL

I read the thread title and thought "This HAS to be in Houston."

LOL :D :beer:
 

MacBaine

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He walked right into a train, but was released with bruises?

How many people got broken spines from the accident that later resulted from his stupidity?
 

Ikonomi

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Originally posted by: tweakmm
How do you walk into a train?

The way (stupid) people here tell it, you can't hear those bigass "light rail" trains. Or see them, either. It almost seems like people drive in front of them daily.
 

SherEPunjab

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that video was cool. just like the cartoons. WTF HOUSTON. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER. I hope Bill White takes care of business.
 

conjur

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Originally posted by: virtueixi
Wow that guy was totally oblivious to that train. How the hell did he survive?

He apparently didn't have a hearing aid in and the train was only going 20mph (according to the local nightly news.)