mfastx Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) HOUSTON – A bicyclist was killed in a collision with a light rail train in downtown Houston early Monday morning, a spokesman for METRO confirmed.The incident happened on Main Street at Walker Street shortly after 8 a.m.Police at the scene said the cyclist, a woman, ended up under the train. Part of her broken bicycle came to rest on a nearby sidewalk.It wasn’t known what caused the crash. Link Tragic accident. You really need to be aware around the tracks. Edited July 22, 2013 by mfastx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 From what I know, I suspect the cyclist didn't pay attention to the traffic signals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 according to the chronicle, a witness saw her riding in the middle of the rails Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 From what I know, I suspect the cyclist didn't pay attention to the traffic signals. A bit more info here: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Metro-train-hits-kills-woman-on-bike-in-downtown-4679089.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfastx Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Well, perhaps it wasn't so much of an accident on her part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I walked by, was wondering what was going on. Was told she was wearing headphones and couldn't hear the train horn. Was cut in half basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Nobody has confirmed the headphones. Riding down the rails was confirmed baseless. The most recent account has her deboarding the northbound train and crossing the crosswalk with bicycle just as the southbound train was coming. Could be the noise from the northbound pulling away distracted her from the oncoming southbound. Sad story, and there's a memorial of flowers and cards developing there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I talked to some people that saw it and they said headphones but who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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