Woman on lying on tracks to 'clear her mind' hit by train

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063002402.html

Woman on tracks to 'clear her mind' hit by train

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Birmingham police said a 22-year-old woman has suffered a broken leg after being hit by a train. Officer Lawrence Billups said the woman told police she was lying on the tracks "to clear her mind" when the train approached around 7 a.m. Sunday.

Billups said the CSX train was moving about 10 mph when it hit her. The train's operator told police he tried to stop.

[Teaser]

1. jesus fucking christ

.

[Crunchy Frog]

2. Was she trying for a Darwin Award?

[aquart]

16. She should get at least an honorable mention.

This is so up there on the stupid list...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Did she report that her mind was cleared?

Ow. The stupid hurts. x(

[scheming daemons]

4. "Clear her mind?" Hard to clear something that doesn't exist...

Some people are too stupid to live.

[emilyg]

5. Wonder if she cleared her bowels.

[Mari333]

21. *coughing* LOL

[JVS]

6. attempting suicide is the more likely explanation

[Statistical]

8. +1 and then a lame cover story to avoid being placed in mental hospital

[ashling]

7. Sounds like it could have been a real mind opening experience

[TahitiNut]

9. Somebody must've convinced her she had a one-track mind.

:dunce:

[Historic NY]

15. well.........

:crazy:

[Mira]

10. Sorry to say but,

the brain is more useful to the flora and fauna than it is to her.

[Tanuki]

11. What he said : v

[BlooInBloo]

12. Explanation doesn't pass the laugh test.

[slampoet]

13. looks like it worked. too bad it did.

[Webster Green]

14. Works every time..

Not highly recommended though. :P

[hlthe2b]

17. One can only hope that she never bears/raises children

Geebus

[varelse]

18. Making fun of a suicidally depressed young person

there's never any depth to which DU is too proud to sink is there? :shrug:

[malaise]

22. Why is anyone with an iota of sense lying on a train track?

:shrug:

[varelse]

23. It's usually a fairly effective method of ending your own life

in this case, it did not work, thankfully.

[LeftinOH]

19. She's lucky her 'mind' wasn't spread clear over the county -n/t

[Gin]

20. where is the "mind" located?

g

[Life Long Dem]

24. Looks like she missed and the train ran her leg over.

Weird way to clear her mind though.

[Ignis]

25. "train was moving about 10 mph when it hit her"

Um...move next time? :shrug: