California Train Strikes an S.U.V.; At Least 11 Dead: "A man the police described as deranged and suicidal abandoned an S.U.V. on a heavily traveled commuter rail track here early Wednesday, causing a violent wreck involving three trains that left at least 11 people dead and nearly 200 injured."
Did the season premiere of "24" come to anyone else's mind when they heard about this? In that episode, a terrorist group leaves a truck loaded with explosives on the track of a Los Angeles commuter train, causing it to crash and kill many people. I got that old familiar gut-punch of panic at the thought of another attack. Thankfully that wasn't the case.
I don't meant to make light of such a horrific event, and I know that sometimes when you're under a lot of stress the right words are difficult to come by, but I cannot let pass the following amazingly unnecessary statement:
"This is a complete outrage as far as traffic safety is concerned," Sheriff Lee Baca of Los Angeles County said. "When some individual parks his vehicle on the tracks, that is cause for serious, serious alarm."
Thank you, Sheriff Obvious-Lee Baca.
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Sheesh, um, helloooo Sheriff Likes To Hear Himself Talk, just because someone is suicidal, doesn't mean they're 'deranged' or 'insane'. Depressed and slightly dumbass, maybe?
You're right, Hol, I bet the prosecution was calling him a few choice adjectives. lol
Oops, I mean Red. :-)
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