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August 28, 2010
Man Struck By Irony of Situation, at 80mph
Just a silly link from Drudge but kind of funny.
Amateur NC ghost hunter looking for 'ghost train' hit and killed by real train
STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) - A man who was with about a dozen people who were looking for a legendary "ghost train" in Iredell County was hit by a locomotive and killed early Friday morning.
The incident happened on a train trestle at 2:45 a.m. near the 900 block of Buffalo Shoals Road.
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"During the investigation, witnesses told deputies they were at the site in hopes of seeing a 'ghost train'," the Iredell County sheriff's office said in a press release.
The sheriff said the incident coincided with the anniversary of a train wreck that occurred at the same location in 1891.
Redmond said there were "12 people who were amateur ghost hunters caught on the trestle when the train rounded the bend" early Friday morning.
Moral? Get your head out of the clouds, Sparky, and look around, you dumbass.