Train Strikes Man Who Was Texting [View All]

**Ok, this is one lucky guy here... he got hit by a train.. and LIVED!**

Train Strikes Man Who Was Texting
Published: 8/21/07, 12:25 AM EDT

ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (AP) - A train struck and injured a pedestrian who was sending a text message on his cell phone while crossing railroad tracks, a collision that hurled him about 50 feet, authorities and witnesses said Monday.

Zachariah Smith, 18, waited for a southbound train to pass Monday morning. He then walked around a gate and onto the tracks, apparently unaware that another train was coming from the other direction, said witness Mike Billups.

"The horn was blowing like mad and the kid was text messaging," said Mayor Richard Ellison, who went to the scene and talked to several witnesses after hearing of the accident. "The kid apparently was just daydreaming."

Smith was knocked out by the collision, Billups said.

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