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Ideal_Rock
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I work for my local newspaper. On Wednesday we had one of our district managers killed by train because she was not able to get out of the car in time due to the child-proof locks that needed to be unlocked by the driver.
The manager was training a new newspaper carrier. The carrier was driving along and the carrier's helper was in the front seat. The manager was in the back seat. They went over an railroad crossing that did not having crossing gates and the car became stuck (not sure why). The 2 front seat folks got out to see what was wrong and look under the car. As they did that a train came up from around a curve. They tried to get to the manager in the back seat, but didn't think clearly enough (it was 4am) to unlock the door from the front drivers seat electric locks. The just kept pulling on the door handle while the manager inside the car kept pushing. Eventually they had to jump out of the way and watched as the train plowed into the car instantly killing the manager.
She leaves behind a husband and 3 children.
Moral of the story--unless your children really need those childproof locks, you should look into having them disabled. You never know when your back seat passengers are going to need to get out quickly!
The manager was training a new newspaper carrier. The carrier was driving along and the carrier's helper was in the front seat. The manager was in the back seat. They went over an railroad crossing that did not having crossing gates and the car became stuck (not sure why). The 2 front seat folks got out to see what was wrong and look under the car. As they did that a train came up from around a curve. They tried to get to the manager in the back seat, but didn't think clearly enough (it was 4am) to unlock the door from the front drivers seat electric locks. The just kept pulling on the door handle while the manager inside the car kept pushing. Eventually they had to jump out of the way and watched as the train plowed into the car instantly killing the manager.
She leaves behind a husband and 3 children.
Moral of the story--unless your children really need those childproof locks, you should look into having them disabled. You never know when your back seat passengers are going to need to get out quickly!
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