A Freightcar Named Street

Although modern technology has made our lives easier, there may be a problem when we use them at inappropriate times. Many still text and talk on their phones when they drive. The outcome is proving fatal as the texting while driving has surpassed the drinking and driving crowd in accidents and fatalities.

But now the fatalities are spreading and even people walking become distracted and at times listen to music with earbuds or headphones. It never ends well when they wander into the street. Now if this wasn't tragic enough, you have people running unexpectedly into trains. And thus begins the story...

You can feel the vibrations on the tracks when a train nears, and the whistle can be heard for miles. Darwin must have been out that day as Kevin Scott Street strolled on the tracks while he listened to music with his earbuds.

The music must have been blasting loudly beyond belief, because the whistle was not heard until the last minute. Street was struck by a freight train. Why would he even be walking on a track blasting his music so loud that a train whistle and the vibration didn't alert him?

Extinction is the end result of stupidity.