DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton teenager is dead after being hit by a CSX train. The accident happened at the railroad tracks on Miami Chapel Road Monday afternoon. Authorities said three teenagers were playing a game on the tracks when a 14-year-old Dunbar High School student was struck and killed. Investigators said two boys made it across the tracks in front of a train, but their friend tripped and got his pants caught in the tracks when he was struck and killed. The train conductor said he blew his horn several times, but the boys ignored it. The victim has been identified by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office, as 14 year old Dominquie Isaac, a freshman at Dunbar High School. A Dayton Public School's spokesperson said Monday night, that they would have crisis intervention team members available to students on Tuesday. They say that the Superintendent is instructing educators when they speak with students Tuesday, to talk to them about safety.
Hmmm some kids looove to give teens a bad name. AS for those who resent the "Future of America" those kid's probably won't be running the future. I've been a safe railfan since my dad got me into it before I could walk. How many railfans get killed by trains? --And...common misconception? Conductors don't operate locomotives or blow horns, correct?
Is the superintendent going to have any crises intervention for the train crew? Not. It is probably a safe bet that the paper made no mention of the effect this had on the crew.
Naming the conductor as the train operator is no surprise. As pathetic as too much of our media is these days. Some of them think the brake wheel is actually meant to steer the loco. The true victims in this are indeed the train crew. They had no choice in the matter. While it's sad there was life lost, the kids playing where they should not be, did make a choice. Boxcab E50
I think I read somewhere that the average train crew will be invovled in at least one fatal crash during their career. It'd be interesting to see a media coverage on this. I don't know how you'd ever get that last second look of the person who was hit off your face.
Many locomotives have a horn valve or button on the conductors side, also all of them have an emergency brake valve on the fireman's (conductors)side. On the BNSF we call that valve the "guzzler". I have used the horn valve on occasion, I almost had to use the "guzzler" once, but I have seen other conductors use it. CT
I use the horn button on the conductor side at least a couple times a trip for kids and people jumping in front of my train or cars that just like to stop on the tracks where i work we have over 200 grade crossings to go over.
