key2thecup Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Drunken Albertan unharmed after B.C. train runs him over An Alberta man walked away without a scratch after being run over by 26 train cars Sunday night in B.C, and police say alcohol along with his small stature likely saved him. RCMP said the Canadian Pacific Railway train was rolling through Elko, B.C., just west of the Rocky Mountains when its engineer spotted a man lying on the tracks. The engineer blew the train's whistle and slammed on the brakes, but couldn't stop the train fast enough, said Sgt. Dave Dubnyk with Elk Valley RCMP. "It was unable to stop and went right over top of this gentleman and by the time the train stopped they were actually at the 26th car and this fellow was still laying underneath the train." Dubnyk said the engineer was certain the train had killed the man. "CP rail personnel grabbed this gentleman and seemed to rouse him out of his state of intoxicated unconsciousness. And he got up, grabbed his beer, and was on his way," said Dubnyk. The man wandered to a nearby campground, where he was picked up by RCMP and put in detachment holding cells for the night to sober up. Dubnyk says the man, incredibly, walked away from the incident without a scratch and speculates two things likely saved the man's life. He was small enough for the train to pass over him, and the man was so intoxicated that he passed out and didn't move when the train went over him, said Dubnyk. "Had he have been rousted out of his state of unconsciousness and sat up or moved at all it certainly could have been a tragic end," said Dubnyk. http://www.cbc.ca/ne...nk-alberta.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire_Spiky Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Crazy.... but i mean really? Who passes out on railroad tracks? That's just not smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Sgt. Dubnyk? Lucky idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I guess he was trained to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hi; you're watching Jackass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftcoast Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Lucky that he lives in Alberta... Or otherwise he would have probably been sober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpcurtly Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Albertans should be getting used to being run over by a BC train called the Vancouver Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJokinen! Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 In an interesting twist, Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk was also on the tracks, but the train went through his legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Oh Long Johnson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I knew a guy who got clipped by a train after passing out near the tracks. suffered a broken arm and some bruises. He was from newfoundland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Those screeching brakes must have done wonders on his eardrums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Do trains really try to stop for debris on the tracks or are they trained to just roll right through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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