Teen dies playing chicken with train

[Squeeze]

I work for RTD, seen plenty of video regarding people being dumb around trains. Actually was on a lightrail train a couple of years ago when it impacted a guy passed out in the right-of-way on the Alameda fly-over. Damn lightrail can stop pretty fast when they max-brake. Regardless, it is almost always a fatality when it's a train vs. pedestrian. I used to work with a guy who would say: "Ya know why I've never been hit by a train?...Because I don't stand on the damn tracks." Pretty simply solution. However, if you want to play stupid games, you will be awarded with stupid prizes.

[TheGrey]

I feel for everyone involved- the kid included. Teens DO play stupid games like chicken (YouTube is full of vids involving Dumb teenage Tricks) and they don't really consider the consequences, because everyone at that age is pretty immortal in their mind. Doesn't anybody remember their mindset as a teen?

It's a sad thing, all around.

His parents must be going through hell right now.

[sneakerd]

If it will save the life of one child, don't we have an obligation to act?

[Byte Stryke]

the Tragedy is that his dumbshit Buddies weren't cleaned from the pool with him

[thedave1164]

Lost a 15yr old family friend to something similar, riding a bicycle playing chicken on a dark highway.

The rest of the story for the family doesn't get any better.

[rockhound]

The pitch is low, darwin swings, goodbye, darwin got every bit of that one

The only good thing about some of these video playback shows and youtube is that my kids are smarter and get to see the outcome without having to try it themselves

Kids do dumb things this was really dumb

[5280Nole]

Momma always said, "Stupid is as stupid does".

[tmleadr03]

Is it sad I fins this story to be a happy one? Too many safety measures in the world now keeping stupid people from immediate realization of their stupidity. This young fool realized almost instantly how he had chosen... poorly.