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Miss Deaf Texas killed by train

Witness says engineer sounded horn repeatedly before striking 18-year-old

AUSTIN - The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train, officials said.

Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred.

McAvoy, who had been deaf since birth, won the state title in June and represented the state “with dignity and pride,” state pageant director Laura Loeb-Hill told the Associated Press via e-mail Monday night.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11822960/

I mean... come on! Life has one weird sense of humour...

That's not funny...

*laughs*

that's really sad. surely she would have felt the ground vibrating or something though, are they sure it wasn't suicide?

It could have been an AirTrain...

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its pretty damn funny tho ;)


The texan part i mean.


the death is bad.

I laughed, yeah, but it's also sad.

that's really sad. surely she would have felt the ground vibrating or something though, are they sure it wasn't suicide?

The world will always wonder. :p

Even kids who aren't deaf are told not to play on railways. She was just tempting fate, and fate was tempted this time round.

Take my word for it folks, there's nothing funnier than disabilities. Mine cracks me up constantly.

Take my word for it folks, there's nothing funnier than disabilities. Mine cracks me up constantly.It isn't osteoporosis by any chance is it? c.c

My disabilities are pretty damn funny.


I can stop blinking for 6 hours. it unnerves people soooOOoOoo much.

My body releases more of a certain drug than most that allows me to stay very very still.

Ect.

Plus i carry piano wire around with me and kill tramps. (Runs and hides)

Eh mine is pretty funny in itself. It's amazing how many people I can freak out by showing them my BAHA bolt. ALso, having half of your face paraylize is fun to, mainly because you're the person that can imitate Slysester Stallone the best!

Heard this story on NPR this morning. The reporter actually said, "It is beleived she did not hear the train coming."

I was at a loss for words.

It isn't osteoporosis by any chance is it? c.c



No, nothing so glamorous. Just Spina Bifida.

No, nothing so glamorous. Just Spina Bifida.

Sounds exotic to me.

This begs the question, why was she walking by herself near the train tracts in the first place?

that's really sad. surely she would have felt the ground vibrating or something though, are they sure it wasn't suicide?


my thoughts exactly

I'm officially going to hell.

my thoughts exactly
a friend of mine used to live a few blocks from the train tracks, her whole house shook even before the train was passing, it just had to be on it's way to near her house, I don't see how someone on the tracks wouldn't feel it.

I say suicide, or drunk, or drunken suicide, or drugs, or drug suicide, or drugged drunken suicide... imo.

a friend of mine used to live a few blocks from the train tracks, her whole house shook even before the train was passing, it just had to be on it's way to near her house, I don't see how someone on the tracks wouldn't feel it.

Yeah, it's hard to imagine that she didn't feel it coming. Being deaf means your ears don't interpret vibrations not that you can't feel vibration.

I'm going to hell. That's some funny shit.

Not funny enough to make me laugh, but atleast it made me smile...

Meh, I'm going to hell anyway for many other reasons, so I'll laugh as much as I can.

Next Week: Paraplegic dies in tragic accident at stepladder warehouse.

No, nothing so glamorous. Just Spina Bifida.You have Spina Bifida? Wow, so I'm not the only one in the world. :eek:

Irony is recurrent in life. I wonder if life is alive? Can anyone answer that?

Irony is recurrent in life. I wonder if life is alive? Can anyone answer that?

Well it says she died, so I would guess no.

The stupidest people all get hit by trains.

She was deaf since birth and couldn't tell a train was speeding towards her? It doesn't matter if she was deaf, it isn't like a several ton piece of machinery is barreling toward on two metal rails doesn't do anything besides make noise.

Next Week: Paraplegic dies in tragic accident at stepladder warehouse.

Then: Quadruplegic dies from heart attack after doing jumping jacks.

[alright, it sucked, i know. go call the fcc.]

No, nothing so glamorous. Just Spina Bifida.I was just making a bad taste joke... the whole cracking you up and the weak bones you can get from osteoprosis... uh.... nevermind...

I just really know what Spina Bifida is. Especially as I've volunteered at a school that had specialist clincs on site. But I don't.... All I really know is that it involves backs and holes. However, in my defense, I was TEFLing and didn't really have a good enough grasp of the country's language to be able to converse about medical conditions.

Damn. I thought this was going to be like some religious nut saying that if you make jokes Satan will come kill you and rape your body...figuratively rape your body, that is.

I laughed, but now I feel bad.

Reminds me of that Dane Cook line.
"Sometimes when someone bites it on the news, you laugh...A tire hit Mary in the face!"

I was going to hell a long time ago anyway.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11822960/

I mean... come on! Life has one weird sense of humour...
If there IS an afterlife, you can bet she was laughing her head off for a while after it occurred. I know I would have had I been the one struck.