Eric Boehlert Has Died

[Me.]

an accident with a train while on his bike I believe.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2022/04/06/eric-boehlert-killed-train-nj/9490241002/

[peppertree]

1. A very convenient accident, if you're a Republican

Godspeed to him.

[niyad]

2. My first thought, as well.

[Demovictory9]

4. i dont understand how someone on a bike gets hit by a train

[rampartc]

5. good question

"she said he had lights on his bike and wore reflective gear. "

but it is not so easy to stop a train. much easier to avoid the tracks or spend as little time on them as possible.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. I'm familiar with that location.

And pretty sure there aren't full warning lights and crossing bars that go down. And not all trains blow horns at approaching crossings for warnings. He might have tried to cross the tracks in the dark.

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x89c2fff9c4b2e429%3A0xdf81e345c7fe003!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMWdXO63CljKiPeQ_q9_jvjuMIfAfBAShXnqIJH%3Dw253-h200-k-no!5swatchung%20avenue%20%2B%20the%20railroad%20station%20in%20montclair%2C%20nj%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMWdXO63CljKiPeQ_q9_jvjuMIfAfBAShXnqIJH&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjku5WC5oH3AhXhlIkEHQT_CO0Qoip6BAhYEAM

[Liberal In Texas]

8. I wonder if he rode with earbuds listening to this or that.

I used to ride more frequently and longer than I do now and wearing earphones to listen to NPR or the Classical station was my habit.

If so, he probably didn't hear any warnings or the train noise.

[hlthe2b]

6. My thoughts all day long. Zero details and I can't even imagine how this happens...

Of course, the first reaction must be immense sadness at Boehlert's loss and like many he was a "must-read" for me. I am devastated to hear this.

But I really need to know how this could happen.

[wryter2000]

3. No!

He was so great on Stephanie Miller’s show