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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Friends Tweet Before Dying In Md. Train Derailment

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) - They were seemingly ordinary tweets from two friends hanging out on a railroad bridge in their hometown, enjoying one last summer night together before heading back to college.

"Drinking on top of the Ellicott City sign," read one. "Looking down on old ec," read another. Accompanying photos showed their view from the bridge and their bare feet, one with painted blue toenails, dangling over the edge. "Levitating," read another tweet.

Minutes after the messages were shared on the social media site Twitter, a Baltimore-bound CSX freight train loaded with coal barreled down the tracks and derailed, killing the 19-year-old women and toppling railcars and coal onto the streets below of this historic Maryland community.

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 22, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    Dang, such a shame.

    At least their backs were facing the tracks so maybe they didn't see it coming. I hope it was painless for them.

    God Bless.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 22, 2012 at 10:33 AM

    A heartbreaking story; Life is so fragile.......

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  3. AnonymousAugust 22, 2012 at 8:49 PM

    You said: "a Baltimore-bound CSX freight train loaded with coal barreled down the tracks" --

    actually, it was not exceeding the speed limit at that point -- 25 miles per hour.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 22, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    Why did their paernts allow them to be there?

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  5. AnonymousAugust 23, 2012 at 5:35 AM

    Why did their paernts allow them to be there?

    August 22, 2012 8:50 PM

    here's a hint:

    19-year-old women

    Get it?

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