Texting woman walks in front of train, gets clipped

[InsideOutright 1,118]

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This Florida woman probably needs a new emoji to convey her feelings.

Sheena Keynna, 27, survived getting clipped by a freight train after walking into its path while texting Monday, police said.

Keynna "wasn't paying attention" and somehow did not hear the train barreling down the tracks when she walked around the crossing gates, Lakeland Police Sgt. Gary Gross told the Ledger of Lakeland.

The train clipped her and threw her into the air, Gross said. The hit fractured her right arm and injured her right leg.

Keynna was transported to the hospital. No additional information was available.

The train had two locomotives and 27 rail cars carrying consumer goods from Winter Haven to Jacksonville, said Kristin Seay, a spokeswoman for transport company CSX.

The accident delayed nearby train traffic for about two hours.

[nickyB 1]

  choo choo motherfucl<er

[jsn 1,669]

how do you not hear a train.....unless maybe she was listening to music......but then how do you not just like............sense and feel there is a train right there next to you

[Miker 5,683]

Now she is busy texting her friends from the hospital.......

[Brainiac 11,171]

why would you not be paying attention anyway when you're crossing over a railroad track? smh.

[Staryu 6,162]

 that's really dumb, but I hope that she's going to be ok

[PrinceGaga 7,644]

[yASSsss 35,510]

dumb ways to die 

[Goosey 3,017]

And that's another reason why it's so silly to carry around cellular phones! I always see some people looking at their screens and walk into a telephone pole or go through a crosswalk without looking up! And besides, brain tumours.

[Morphine Prince 109,683]

Natural selection at work. 

[Haroon 49,685]

She's lucky she's not dead  That was quite an easily avoidable situation, I really hope people (both the ones involved and those reading about it) learn from mistakes like these and pay more attention when crossing streets and tracks and such   

And that's another reason why it's so silly to carry around cellular phones! I always see some people looking at their screens and walk into a telephone pole or go through a crosswalk without looking up! And besides, brain tumours.

​Well to be fair it's the same thing with anything that requires someone's vision and attention to be on it  That's like saying it's silly to carry around books because you could walk into a telephone pole or walk across a street without looking because you're reading  It's not the book's/phone's fault, it's people not making correct decisions about the time and place to use such items  

[Computer 10,980]

How horrible for her.

I have to think I wouldn't do that but man we are all zombies on our devices now, that was bound to happen to someone.

Sad and terrifying and look where you are walking omg.

[Goosey 3,017]

Well to be fair it's the same thing with anything that requires someone's vision and attention to be on it  That's like saying it's silly to carry around books because you could walk into a telephone pole or walk across a street without looking because you're reading  It's not the book's/phone's fault, it's people not making correct decisions about the time and place to use such items  

​But who carries around books?  I don't see the need for such devices unless you're working on 1980s Wall Street or something like Michael Douglas. And as I mentioned, it's possible these cause adverse health effects:

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cellular-phones

"a recent small study in people has shown that cell phones may have some effects on the brain, although it’s not clear if they’re harmful. The study found that when people had an active cell phone held up to their ear for 50 minutes, brain tissues on the same side of the head as the phone used more glucose than did tissues on the other side of the brain"

[Haroon 49,685]

​But who carries around books?  I don't see the need for such devices unless you're working on 1980s Wall Street or something like Michael Douglas. And as I mentioned, it's possible these cause adverse health effects:

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/cellular-phones

"a recent small study in people has shown that cell phones may have some effects on the brain, although it’s not clear if they’re harmful. The study found that when people had an active cell phone held up to their ear for 50 minutes, brain tissues on the same side of the head as the phone used more glucose than did tissues on the other side of the brain"

​When I'm on the bus/train I see loads of people reading their Kindles or paperback books  Well it says "it's not clear if they're harmful" - and if people are afraid then they can easily reduce the amount of time they speak on the phone in that way. It's like how people say standing near a microwave when it's being used is dangerous - okay it may be but instead of getting rid of everything with adverse health effects, why not just use the device in a safer manner?  

[RAMROD 117,095]

I am not sure how to feel, obviously I have lack of pity cos it is very reckless to busy with your gadget and not aware of your sorrounding anymore.

Keep the gadgets in your pocket when you are walking or driving please.