Man struck and killed by train during migrant border crossing attempt in Downtown El Paso

[rangerrebew]

Man struck and killed by train during migrant border crossing attempt in Downtown El Paso
Daniel Borunda
El Paso Times

A migrant crossing attempt turned deadly when a man was struck and killed by a train Monday night along the border in Downtown El Paso.

The death occurred as U.S. authorities have seen an increase in unauthorized migrants risking dangerous attempts to cross the El Paso-Juárez border on freight trains.

El Paso police said that a 42-year-old man died when he was struck by a 64-car Union Pacific train shortly before 8 p.m. Monday at the Union Pacific rail yard at 1115 S. Stanton St.

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2021/07/27/el-paso-border-migrant-crossing-man-killed-train/5384398001/

[rangerrebew]

I worked on the railroad in the summers when going to undergrad school and there was an old that struck me (no pun intended) as worth remembering:  "Even if you tie with a train, you lose."  I was on the road one night when we hit a car and you don't even feel it on the engine.  Think about it.

[dfwgator]

Hope the train is ok.

[PeteS in CA]

... at the Union Pacific rail yard ...

Do trains go through rail yards at full speed? Or was the guy's choice as clueless as it seems to have been?

[PeteS in CA]

Hope the train is ok.

I doubt the illegal made much of an impression.