Train hits man 7 hours after he was hit by car
By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published September 24, 2008 at 7 a.m.
Updated September 24, 2008 at 10:36 a.m.
The man clipped by a train early this morning in Boulder had been hit by a car about seven hours earlier, police say.
But he's still alive, and Boulder police are suggesting today is the day for him to buy a lottery ticket.
Robert Evans, 46, told investigators he was released from Boulder Community Hospital about 3 this morning after being treated for injuries in an apparent hit-and-run about 10 p.m. Tuesday at Folsom Street and Canyon Boulevard.
Evans, who is homeless, was returning to his campsite when, at about 4:45 this morning, he decided to take a short cut across a narrow bridge meant only for trains.
Instead of walking a short distance down Boulder Creek to a bridge meant for people, Evans took his bike across the narrow train bridge, Boulder police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said.
That's when the Burlington-Northern train hit him. A railing on a staircase attached to the front of the train apparently clipped him and he fell about 10 feet, landing face-down in the creek, she said.
The train's engineer heard him before he saw him.
Based on the short distance the train traveled before it ground to a halt after hitting Evans, the train seemed to be going quite slow, as is required as trains go through Boulder, Huntley said.
Evans faces a possible ticket for trespassing on the bridge, which runs about 50 feet.
Pearl Street and Valmont Road at the 4700 block were closed for about three hours while engineers worked on moving the train.
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September 24, 2008
7:16 a.m.
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Duckster writes:
Typical Boulderite.
"I'll just drunkenly walk my bike across the railroad company's bridge at 4:30 AM. They wouldn't dare hit me with a train. YAAAAHHH! OW!"
Stupid gets what stupid earns.
http://lagniappeslair.blogspot.com/
September 24, 2008
7:33 a.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
OK, I no this is going to come up, so here it goes.... Speeding car, maybe. Low flying airplane, maybe. Motorcycle,sometimes. But a friggin' LOCOMOTIVE????? How in the Wide Wide World of Sports do you not see a Train?? Brings a new level to Bicycle Etiquette.
September 24, 2008
7:42 a.m.
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FlyfishDude52 writes:
That's good! "A train barreled into a man?" How can a train BARREL into a person? Let's see; the guy is deaf (it's the only logical reason) or really stupid. You can even feel the vibration in the ground from a locomotive & this guy missed it. Looks like Darwin loses another round.
September 24, 2008
7:43 a.m.
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Scott writes:
Buckwheat,
When your headed back to the co-op homeless shelter at 4:30 A.M. after having and all-nighter smoking organically grown weed you probably would think that the horn and clanging bell was on a subjugated fellow mammalian, i.e. a cow. :-)
Scott
September 24, 2008
7:47 a.m.
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kmeissner writes:
Buckwheat... I low flying airplane? hahaha! I've never heard that one before. Man I hope this guy is alright. I notice how no one who commented above mentioned that. LAME!!!!
September 24, 2008
8:13 a.m.
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LadyBird112 writes:
Ah Boulder, how we doth love thee and your silly, silly people. I know they don't like to brake for cars that have the right of way but I would have assumed they wouldn't mess with trains.
September 24, 2008
8:28 a.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
I did see where the person did not suffer life threaten injurys and I do wish him a speedy recovery, so I can ask him "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING???"...
September 24, 2008
8:39 a.m.
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blacksho89 writes:
The engineer will be ticketed for failure to yield right of way. Bicyclists are always in the right in Boulder County.
September 24, 2008
8:52 a.m.
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Scott writes:
blacsho89,
I wouldn't put that past the idiot DA in Stonerville County.
Scott
September 24, 2008
8:53 a.m.
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GILPINMAN writes:
This is the problem with mp3 players. As far as I know it is illegal to ride a bike with headphones on and it is illegal to tresspass on railroad property i.e. the tracks. This guy is an idiot!
September 24, 2008
8:57 a.m.
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almostarmy2003 writes:
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!
September 24, 2008
9:05 a.m.
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Scott writes:
steel,
Whenever a train is involved in an incident the operating crew, i.e. engineer and conductor, cannot continue running the train. They get a three day "vacation" while the drug tests are processed. Even though it is obvious as all get out that the komrade on the track was at fault, the train crew is still dope tested. Therefore, the amount of time needed to move the train, besides the cop's investigation, was to assemble another train crew and bring them from Denver (probably) up to the PDRB.
Scott
Yes, I'm a train nut.
September 24, 2008
9:07 a.m.
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ifyem writes:
Thanks for the crappy story RMN.. If ya'll want the whole story, check out the Denver Post website..Seems this knucklehead was hit by a car earlier in the night before he was sideswiped by the train...
September 24, 2008
9:11 a.m.
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Scott writes:
steel,
Sorry. I wasn't meaning to insult you if you took it that way. Your posting came off, at least to me, as a legitimate question.
Scott
September 24, 2008
9:12 a.m.
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almostarmy2003 writes:
ifyem writes:
Thanks for the crappy story RMN.. If ya'll want the whole story, check out the Denver Post website..Seems this knucklehead was hit by a car earlier in the night before he was sideswiped by the train...
I would like to thank this man for making a really bad morning a whole lot better. LMAO!!!!!
September 24, 2008
9:16 a.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
Car, then a train?.. This guy doesn't need a bike, he needs a guide dog.
September 24, 2008
9:21 a.m.
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Squatch writes:
The poor Engineer and Conductor will now be put on suspension and grilled as to why they didn’t see him or stop the train since this a hole couldn’t obey the laws. I feel sorry for the people operating the train whose live will be affected by this.
September 24, 2008
9:38 a.m.
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peter303 writes:
Maybe Boulder will get off with a "light" $3,000,000 payment.
September 24, 2008
10:08 a.m.
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Heidi writes:
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnew...
More details on the Post.
September 24, 2008
10:34 a.m.
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redsoxfan1 writes:
GILPINMAN writes:
This is the problem with mp3 players. As far as I know it is illegal to ride a bike with headphones on and it is illegal to tresspass on railroad property i.e. the tracks. This guy is an idiot!
As the story states,Boulder police believe Evans is homeless. How many homeless persons do you see running around with mp3's, and where in the story does it mention them? And you say that guy is an idiot!
September 24, 2008
10:47 a.m.
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LoneTreeLady75 writes:
This story is almost as funny as the guy riding his bike into a bear story. Only in Boulder, LOL.
September 24, 2008
10:53 a.m.
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kmeissner writes:
Redsoxfan1 I was thinking the same thing. Where does it say anywhere in this story that he was listening to an MP3 player? He was homeless!!!!
September 24, 2008
10:56 a.m.
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Sensible writes:
one less Obamaamamamamama voter.
September 24, 2008
11:16 a.m.
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BrandiWine_84 writes:
Sensible writes: one less Obamaamamamamama voter.
yet another worthless contribution to the discussion. How does a guy getting hit by a car and a train make one less Obama voter? Did I miss the part where the article said anything about A) Obama, or B) this guy now not voting for whatever candidate he chooses? And furthermore, IMO, this guy sounds a little more like a voter for another ticket; most of the supporters of that ticket seem just as Clueless!
September 24, 2008
11:23 a.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
OK, first the train Barreled into this guy, now he was Clipped, next he'll be Blindsided. And how is he going to pay for the ticket? Hello.. He's homeless. Poor guy's been thru enough already... Plus his buddy's down at the river bank will be giving him the business for getting hit by a train.
September 24, 2008
11:40 a.m.
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jlong writes:
Thank you stoned boulder moron, your idiotic misfortunes gave me the comic relief I needed:)
September 24, 2008
11:45 a.m.
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Steve_In_Denver writes:
The title of this article alone is priceless! Hahahahhah...Poor guy!
September 24, 2008
11:46 a.m.
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Duckster writes:
I agree that he sounds like a Democrat and one of Obama's core constituency:
--He doesn't work or pay taxes.
--He apparently thinks that the world owes him a living, as evidenced by his refusal to get a job...and you know he panhandles.
--He believes that he has a right to other people's property, in this case, a railroad bridge.
--He more than likely abuses drugs and alcohol and probably has a criminal record.
If this isn't the sort of person that the Dems fight to get registered and bribe to the polls with promises of food every year, then I don't know who is.
September 24, 2008
11:57 a.m.
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linkous2 writes:
ditto duckster
September 24, 2008
11:57 a.m.
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almostarmy2003 writes:
Duckster - According to your description I should be a republican, I had no idea
September 24, 2008
12:01 p.m.
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Francesca writes:
The police are suggesting the homeless man buy a lottery ticket. With what money? And shouldn't he pay the fine on the ticket they are going to give him first anyway?
September 24, 2008
12:02 p.m.
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chickenlittle1234 writes:
BrandiWine -
Don't worry about the posts to this article - it's mostly from elitist people who dearly love Boulder and want to move there and pet the prairie dogs. Saying incendiary and insensitive things like this is what people in Boulder do, right?
September 24, 2008
12:05 p.m.
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RBN writes:
The mans name is Wiley E. Coyote.
September 24, 2008
12:09 p.m.
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joggle writes:
Speaking as someone who has tried to register Democrats in Boulder, to say you're full of it Duckster would be a gross understatement. No, we aren't trying to register homeless people to vote (you need to prove you're a resident, something that's difficult to do if you don't have a job and don't have a listed address for one thing). Most of the homeless guys in Boulder are true transients, meaning that they don't live here permanently and are only here for a while before moving on. Then you mention that he's probably a criminal. If he had committed any felonies he couldn't vote anyway.
Most of the people getting registered to vote are young adults who haven't voted before.
September 24, 2008
12:12 p.m.
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chickenlittle1234 writes:
joggle - That's what scares the Ducksters of the world - it's young people who will see right through the shams and lies of the far right wing. You can't have people thinking for themselves and still expect them to vote for things that are not in their self interest, now can you?
September 24, 2008
12:19 p.m.
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MarineWing writes:
LOL... i believe you meant ungulated, not subjugated...
September 24, 2008
12:24 p.m.
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RBN writes:
I guess some of you will have to get a sense of humor.
September 24, 2008
12:27 p.m.
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Sixtysixdeuce writes:
"Boulder police are suggesting today is the day for him to buy a lottery ticket."
Perhaps I don't see something they do, but I wouldn't consider being hit by a car AND a train in the same day particularly good luck.
September 24, 2008
12:28 p.m.
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davies writes:
This is terrible. Where's the outrage?
The Boulder City Council needs to convene an emergency session, and pass a new ordinance requiring that from here forward, all trains passing through the City will have full-width, plush comfy sofas attached to the front of the locomotive, to protect 'green' travelers from inadvertant harm.
Do I have to solve everything?
September 24, 2008
12:36 p.m.
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arvada_mark writes:
Ahhh, Boulder...27 square miles surrounded by reality.
This guy really needs to head to the airport so he can go for the trifecta.
September 24, 2008
12:36 p.m.
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johnson writes:
"But he's still alive, and Boulder police are suggesting today is the day for him to buy a lottery ticket." Getting hit by a car AND a train is not exactly good luck.
September 24, 2008
12:37 p.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
Just couldn't leave it alone could ya??? Had to turn it into a political arena.... What a bunch of ....well, nevermind..
September 24, 2008
12:43 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
davies,
"Do I have to solve everything?"
Would you please? You have great ideas! We could use a dictator like you.
September 24, 2008
12:44 p.m.
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RBN writes:
Davies, spot on. How could that not be thought of before? Is there any way that we can get ticket the trains if they emit any smoke in Boulder? That would be great.
September 24, 2008
12:54 p.m.
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fifty writes:
Pilots beware! Airplanes are next.
September 24, 2008
12:55 p.m.
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davies writes:
Thank you Heidi, but now if Dikk Tater gets on this post, he's going to be jealous.
If I were, though, I'd be the only one who gets to wear the giant-headed Burger King costume. Ever!
September 24, 2008
1:01 p.m.
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davies writes:
Thank you so much RBN. Sadly it is not practical to ticket trains for emitting smoke while passing through the City; however I propose that giant condoms could possibly be attached to the smokestacks before entering town, and detached after a safe distance beyond the city limits.
September 24, 2008
1:01 p.m.
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temurlan writes:
Buckwheat, kmeissner:
Low flying plane? Not only could happen but did. Took a reporter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cEn3-...
LOL
September 24, 2008
1:06 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
ssqured @ 12:54:
Was this his train he was campaigning on?
davies,
You're gonna have to do better than that condom idea. Or will you require the engineers to wear gas masks?
September 24, 2008
1:06 p.m.
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Ahab337 writes:
This sounds like they were shooting Final Destination 4.
September 24, 2008
1:17 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
whoa, give me a link
September 24, 2008
1:18 p.m.
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davies writes:
ssquared: We still don't get it. Draw us a picture.
Heidi: You need a gas mask for those things?!? Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong!
September 24, 2008
1:19 p.m.
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Heidi writes:
Ok, I guess he is challenging Obama to do the same thing, ssqured.
September 24, 2008
1:20 p.m.
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temurlan writes:
ssqured,
He just took the lead on the financial crisis. Said he was going to suspend his campaign to focus on an immediate solution. Called on BO to do the same.
Sounds like a real leader to me.
Now, back on topic. If you check out the link I provided above, make sure your sound is up. THUNK!
September 24, 2008
1:25 p.m.
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AC writes:
Duckster writes: "I agree that he sounds like a Democrat and one of Obama's core constituency:
--He doesn't work or pay taxes.
--He apparently thinks that the world owes him a living, as evidenced by his refusal to get a job...and you know he panhandles.
--He believes that he has a right to other people's property, in this case, a railroad bridge.
--He more than likely abuses drugs and alcohol and probably has a criminal record.
If this isn't the sort of person that the Dems fight to get registered and bribe to the polls with promises of food every year, then I don't know who is."
Sorry, ducky, but he also hangs out in the DIA men's room, so when you add that to the list, he's a Republican.
September 24, 2008
1:53 p.m.
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davies writes:
AC and Duckster, please take it outside.
September 24, 2008
2:06 p.m.
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CrazyDogOwner writes:
Johnny Cash - "I hear the train a comin'. It's comin' round the bend...."
September 24, 2008
2:08 p.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
temurlan:
Oh No... Anything to get on Youtube..
September 24, 2008
2:23 p.m.
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reddog writes:
Freakin Boulder, have you ever noticed the stupidest stories always come from boulder. Lets hope for Gods sake he wasn't smoking a cig or that will be another ticket. If they could give tickets for being plain stupid Boulder would write more of them than any other city in the USA. What a screwed up city.....
September 24, 2008
3:37 p.m.
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OldSailor writes:
Buckwheat...I heard that you had taken a Muslim name and now you're called Kream o Wheat