Two made it and two did not. The male companion that did not make it sustained minor injuries, said Cmdr. Jeff Satur, Longmont police spokesman. The unidentified young woman, though, lost both legs.
The incident happened in downtown Longmont, Colorado. The train’s speed limit through Longmont is 25 mph. News reports have put the trains speed at 18mph at the time.
One of the two companions who made it onto the train jumped back off to help. The other went on his merry way.
It was reported that a nurse was in a car waiting for the train to pass, and immediately administered first aid to the injured girl. The girl was reportedly taken to Longmont United Hospital by ambulance and then flown by helicopter to Denver Health Medical Center. Health officials said they couldn’t release any information about her, but Satur said he believed she was conscious and able to talk.
“It’s terrible,” Satur said. “It really highlights the dangers of trying to hop a train. It is not safe by any means.”
The woman’s two male companions who did not ditch her cited for trespassing, Satur said. The identity of the third man is known although he has not been located. Satur said drugs and alcohol were suspected in the incident.
Satur said he didn’t know if the female would be charged.
“She’s got enough issues to worry about at the moment,” he added.
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*whistles "She'll Be Coming Down The Mountain"*
She'll be going down to college in the fall.
She'll be going down to college in the fall.
She'll be going down to college and she'll find some friends that will dupe her, even though she made it to college in the fall.
They'll be all hanging together in the fall.
They'll be all hanging together in the fall.
They'll be all hanging together smoking weed and doing mushrooms thinking slapping or jumping trains is great fun.
They'll share some weed that makes them all dumb.
They'll share some weed that makes them all dumb.
They'll share some weed together and they'll come up with a thought maybe they can play pretend that they're hobos.
They'll be waiting for that train so they can jump.
They'll be waiting for that train so they can jump.
They can try to jump a train but some of them can only braid, braid some hair and bake a cake because they can't jump.
She'll be crying because legs, she hasn't any.
She'll be crying because legs, she hasn't any.
This is what happens when you think your friends are smart too and you follow them and now legs, you haven't any.
She'll be going down to college in the fall.
She'll be going down to college and she'll find some friends that will dupe her, even though she made it to college in the fall.
They'll be all hanging together in the fall.
They'll be all hanging together in the fall.
They'll be all hanging together smoking weed and doing mushrooms thinking slapping or jumping trains is great fun.
They'll share some weed that makes them all dumb.
They'll share some weed that makes them all dumb.
They'll share some weed together and they'll come up with a thought maybe they can play pretend that they're hobos.
They'll be waiting for that train so they can jump.
They'll be waiting for that train so they can jump.
They can try to jump a train but some of them can only braid, braid some hair and bake a cake because they can't jump.
She'll be crying because legs, she hasn't any.
She'll be crying because legs, she hasn't any.
This is what happens when you think your friends are smart too and you follow them and now legs, you haven't any.
Okay, sorry, that was in poor taste, and if you laughed as I laughed, you're going to hell with me.
^___^V
In all seriousness though, you know, I thought playing "Boxcar Children" would be fun too... WHEN I WAS 10... Jesus Christ, have you ever put a penny on vibrating tracks, gleefully awaiting when 200 or so of those shiny, oiled steel wheels, weighing approximately 6500lbs, would run over it, producing this flat piece of shiny metal. I did that too, again, when I was 10. Here's the thing, despite being 10 years old, I knew that those huge, heavy, shiny, oiled steel wheels could kill me, I apparently, at 10, had more common sense than this 17 year old girl.
I do NOT feel sorry for her. Darwin at work.
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