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We always said this would happen: Teenage model dies during railway photoshoot in USA

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How many times has it been said on here that photo shoots on railway lines would lead to an accident. Sadly it seems we have been proven right.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/artic...model-dies-during-railway-photoshoot-in-texas

An aspiring 19-year-old model was killed during a photoshoot on railway tracks after being hit by a train.
A photo of Fredzania Thompson, taken moments before the incident in Navasota, Texas, has been shared by her family.
Local police report that Fredzania, who was pregnant at the time, stepped out of the way of one train and was then hit by another....
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Given rail safety standards in the US, it's surprising it doesn't happen more often.

Shame though, I feel for her family.
 
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Antics in Texas last week, similar to those highlighted at Irresponsible article on BBC website, didn't end so well for the person concerned.

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An aspiring 19-year-old model was killed during a photoshoot on railway tracks after being hit by a train.
A photo of Fredzania Thompson, taken moments before the incident in Navasota, Texas, has been shared by her family.
Local police report that Fredzania, who was pregnant at the time, stepped out of the way of one train and was then hit by another....
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My thoughts are with the family, but why has this photo been released?
 
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Railsigns said:
Antics in Texas last week, similar to those highlighted at the start of this thread, didn't end so well for the person concerned.

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Quoting the article
"Local police say they are still investigating the incident.
"We have an ongoing investigation but nothing to suggest there is any criminal activity," Chief Leeth of the Navasota police has told Newsbeat."
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Unbelievably stupid and sickening. So presumably there were at least a photographer and a model present, presumably neither had the right to be there and the shoot could have occured in the context of a business transaction. Does criminal negligence exist in the US?
 
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This is a result of education - checking train times thinking it's ok to be on the tracks has killed people. What about freight, empty stock, charters, rhtt, maintenance, you name it. Sadly, if you don't know you just don't know. And in this case sadly Nadia Rose doesn't know.
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Agreed, when I worked for what was then British Rail, I was taught that to be anywhere in the vicinity of tracks was dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. I had to sit through a saftey video which showed bits of people and gore who disregarded this advice

And never think that just because there are no scheduled movements that it is safe
 
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daikilo said:
So presumably there were at least a photographer and a model present, presumably neither had the right to be there and the shoot could have occured in the context of a business transaction. Does criminal negligence exist in the US?
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I don't believe that would apply in the US, unlike the UK there's limited law prohibiting being on the tracks.

Edit: Of course, while there might only be limited legal prohibition against them being there, it's evident that being there was not a good idea.
 
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We (in the Netherlands) find almost everybody from the USA as mad as a door (Dutch saying). Translated it seems that it is mad as a hatter.
 
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Groningen said:
We (in the Netherlands) find almost everybody from the USA as mad as a door (Dutch saying). Translated it seems that it is mad as a hatter.
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Out of interest, 'mad as a door'? How did that phrase come about? Is there something particularly odd about doors in Holland? :)
 
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Deur (door) is not the door you think of. Deur is an old word meaning jester / foolish. In the English language the word dizzy comes close to it. Deur in the dutch language comes from the Gothic word: dauro. But yes; there are more words about doors (for opening and closing) than it was in the past.

Some Americans do not respect the railways.

Texting at a crossing and find a train in your way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ClUvrz-7pA
Getting hit by a train (2 deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWd4BuNbdnk
Getting hit by a train (5 deaths): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaUM0opLHA0

And much more disrespect!
 
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I think the simple solution to these shoots is to make publishing them "encouraging criminal trespass" so publishers could be liable if someone copies the idea and is injured or killed. If publishers are scared to print these sort of pics, people won't take them.

Certainly in the UK it wouldn't be hard to do - afterall any shots taken on railway tracks could be considered trespass here.
 
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Tim R-T-C said:
I think the simple solution to these shoots is to make publishing them "encouraging criminal trespass" so publishers could be liable if someone copies the idea and is injured or killed. If publishers are scared to print these sort of pics, people won't take them.

Certainly in the UK it wouldn't be hard to do - afterall any shots taken on railway tracks could be considered trespass here.
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There would need to be an exemption for pictures released by the police and the railway themselves with the intention of identifying and prosecuting trespassers who have been caught on camera otherwise it will become impossible to track down such idiots.
 
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