Miss Deaf Texas sruck by train

justbeachy

can be a real beach
What was she doing.. walking on the tracks? You'd think that if she were deaf she'd be looking for a train. Sounds fishy. Suicide? :shrug:
 

rack'm

Jaded
Miss Deaf Texas Struck by Train, Killed
Mar 13th - 9:44pm
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AUSTIN (AP) - 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.

McAvoy was to represent Texas at the Miss Deaf America pageant this summer, Loeb-Hill said.

McAvoy graduated last year from the Texas School for the Deaf, attended Austin Community College and then started at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in January, but had returned to Texas, Loeb-Hill said.
 
old or not, I still find it funny in an ironic sort of way. "the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred" :lmao:
 

itsbob

I bowl overhand
justbeachy said:
What was she doing.. walking on the tracks? You'd think that if she were deaf she'd be looking for a train. Sounds fishy. Suicide? :shrug:
I guess this train system doesn't come with a third Braille!!
 

Ponytail

New Member
Tigerlily said:
I would have thought she would have at least felt the vibration coming from the tracks as it got closer.

"moose tracks? Nah.
Bear tracks? Don't think so.
Deer tracks? Too big.
What the..."


Figured with all that edumacation she had, she'd be smarter than that.
 
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