About two hours ago today a 17 year old student at Colorado State University in Ft Collins CO lost both of her legs when she fell while attempting to board a slow moving freight train. She has been airlifted to a hospital in Denver.
She was with three male companions. Apparently they attempted to flee the scene. Two have been caught and charged with trespassing.
It is believed that they had come to Longmont by train and were returning to Ft Collins.
There are many questions. The young folks had made it to college. Why did they not know of the dangers in boarding a moving freight train? Why did they not have safe transportation? What was in Longmont that was not in Ft Collins?
Often accidents can be prevented not by removing or mitigating the hazard but by not doing the activity in question.
David Sneed
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