Train Hit Illegal Immigrant

Train Hit Illegal Immigrant

Posted: Apr 5, 2012 11:58 AM
Updated: Apr 5, 2012 12:25 PM

NORIAS - An illegal immigrant is recovering in the hospital, after a train hit him.

A Kennedy County sheriff's department spokesperson says it happened just after midnight off Highway 77 north of Raymondville, near the town of Norias.

The man was taken to Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen. Deputies don't know if he was walking or if he was riding on the train.

Two others who were with him are in Border Patrol custody.

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ORIAS - An illegal immigrant is recovering in the hospital, after a train hit him.

I hope he sticks around to do work for the hospital in order to pay his bill.

Now congress will pass a law giving illegal aliens the right of way on all train tracks. :cool:

Even though it does not appear to have been a suicide this is still prevalent

Suicide by Train: Through the Eyes of a Conductor

Suicide by Train: Through the Eyes of a Conductor | NBC Bay Area

Just hearing about suicide by train can be traumatic. Especially when it involves a young person like the two recent deaths in Palo Alto.
For the Caltrain engineers manning the train at the time of impact, sometimes the trauma never goes away.

Sean Morgan, a Caltrain engineer since 1996 told the San Jose Mercury News he has experienced two suicides as an engineer and a third as a train conductor:

One of the things that really sticks with an engineer is the sound of striking somebody. It just is a very distinct, hollow sound, and it's got a metal ring to it.

The other thing is this feeling of helplessness. When it's an obvious suicide and somebody is putting themselves out there, there is nothing you can do.

In 2008, Caltrain reported a record 12 suicides. Since the rail system's launch in 1992, it has seen 115 total. Caltrain conductors told the Merc that nearly every engineer with a few years experience has in turn experienced a fatality on the tracks.
Because train engineers are not allowed to leave the train after an accident, it is the conductor’s responsibility to inspect the scene, which is an equally scarring experience.

Caltrain does offer peer counseling, therapy and several days off after any rail incident, whether accident or suicide.
In 2001, Caltrain posted suicide prevention signs along the tracks between San Francisco and San Jose. Starting in 2007 and continuing through the end of this year Caltrain will have spent an additional $2.7 million to fence off its tracks.

In the wake of this year's suicides at Gunn High School, public-health organizations called for renewed efforts.
While the physical work on the tracks will continue, so will the emotional work for the Caltrain engineers and conductors who deal daily with the stress of witnessing a life lost on the tracks.