A man in Alberta, British Columbia was found underneath the 26th car of a train on May 23rd, 2012. The man was intoxicated and passed out on the train tracks while a train came around the corner. The engineer blew the train whistle, but it didn’t wake the man up. In a hurry, the engineer slammed on the brakes in hopes to stop the train from running over the fellow, however in mere seconds, the front of the train was already over him. After the 25th cart, the train had stopped and after the personnel had awaken the sleeping beauty, “He got up, grabbed his beer, and was on his way.”—Sgt. Dave Dubnyk,.  The man stumbled to a nearby campground where he was taken by the police and put in a detachment holding cell to sober up.

This man, in my opinion, was extremely lucky and if he had not woken up after the train had stopped, then it would have been bye-bye for him. This just shows how dangerous drinking is as he could have died or been severely injured. I hope people will come to their senses soon about drinking alcoholic beverages too much. What I would like to know is: where were the train tracks? How did he get to them? How did the personnel get the man out from under the train? Why did they let the man wander off after that incident? All I can think of is, “I hope that this doesn’t happen again . . .” and I am pretty sure that no one else would want to try their luck with drinking after they have read the article. What if that was you? What would you do after that?

~Cameron O’Connor