Planes, Trains, & Automobiles: Purchase of a Ticket Does Not Guarantee Transportation

[Yabby]

Most likely the 1st thing that has come out of his mouth that wasn't a lie.

[Spicyryan]

https://twitter.com/therecount/statu...005836288?s=20

"Never too rich for a good turkey dog!"

[6souls]

https://news.yahoo.com/head-train-cr...070213135.html

A head-on train crash in Tempe, Greece between a passenger line and a freighter. 36 dead & 85~ injured. The Greek transport minister has resigned in light of the accident.

Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned Wednesday, saying he felt it was his “duty” to step down “as a basic indication of respect for the memory of the people who died so unfairly.”

The cause of the crash near the Vale of Tempe, about 380 kilometers (235 miles) north of Athens, was not immediately clear, but the stationmaster in the nearby city of Larissa was arrested Wednesday. The police did not release his name. Another two people have been detained for questioning.

It’s unclear at what speed the two trains were travelling when they ran into each other just before midnight Tuesday, but state broadcaster ERT said it was more than 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour).

Survivors said the impact threw several passengers through the windows of train cars. ERT quoted rescuers saying they found some victims' bodies 30-40 meters (100-130 feet) from the impact site.

Multiple cars derailed and at least three burst into flames. On Wednesday, one carriage lay atop the crumpled remains of another two.

“Temperatures reached 1,300 degrees Celsius (2,372 Fahrenheit), which makes it even more difficult to identify the people who were in it,” fire service spokesperson Vassilis Varthakoyiannis said.

[archibaldcrane]

How tf could that happen

[Koyangi]

Gross negligence and incompetence.

[Outlaw]

No hazardous chemicals this time but WTF is with Ohio and trains right now?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norfolk...lter-in-place/

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[Koyangi]

Overturned gas tanker carrying flammable liquids explodes on highway in Maryland, killing 1 person.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/04/us/ta...and/index.html

[6souls]

No hazardous chemicals this time but WTF is with Ohio and trains right now?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/norfolk...lter-in-place/

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Now with video

https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/statu...894735872?s=20

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/...QBEUgpcQQ&s=19

[Mertron]

yeesh

[NynJa]

I hope the people in the reddish car survived with minimal injuries

I hope the people in the black car survived and are absolutely suffering

[NynJa]

And that black shadow infront of the building you see for a second was a person according to the comments. I barely noticed them at first due to the motion blur.

[kuronosan]

You can see their body flying too. Probably dead on impact.

[Mertron]

follow up tweet says the pedestrian was the only fatality

[Outlaw]

Holy shit!

Life in prison. Solitary. Closet size. No TV. Bad food.

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[Athas]

Edit: Disregard

[NynJa]

The worst part is the comments blaming the cops because they shouldnt be chasing criminals like this.

How about, i dont know, how committing crimes???

[Byrthnoth]

eh, a "no high-speed chase" rule for anything short of a murderer makes a lot of sense. With the surveillance state as strong as it is and criminals as dumb as they normally are, you're going to catch them pretty quickly without a high-speed chase even if they get away today and unless they're a serial killer or something the honest truth is that they probably aren't going to do any more crimes before then. Why risk an accident like this?

[Spicyryan]

The worst part is the comments blaming the cops because they shouldnt be chasing criminals like this.

How about, i dont know, how committing crimes???

Do we need a high speed pursuit over shoplifting or a tail light being out? No. Most things the cops are involved with arent serious.

[NynJa]

Baltimore Police policy says officers can chase a fleeing vehicle if there is a felony suspect inside who poses an “immediate threat” of death or injury, and if there is probable cause before the pursuit that he or she committed a felony that resulted or could have resulted in death or serious injury.

Footage from officer Devin Yancy’s body camera includes police radio traffic where an unidentified speaker tells officers to “just let it go” as the Sonata was driving at a high rate of speed. Seconds later, the person says the car crashed into a building.