Take care of trains and make your feet obey

WATAUGA, Texas (AP) -A 5 yearold boy playing on train tracks fell and was unable to move before the train struck and killed him, police said.
Kevin Bradford and two other boys had sneaked past their grandmother to look for dinosaur bones (aaaw) on Thursday, police said.
Workers aboard the Union Pacific train traveling through the small North Texas town of Watauga saw the boys on the tracks but couldn't stop in time, Union Pacific spokesman Joe Arbona said.
Kevin's 7-year-old brother and 5-year-old cousin made it safely off the tracks and ran home. Kevin's foot got caught in the tracks and he fell, officials said.
Watauga Police Chief Rande Benjamin said Kevin's death was an accident and charges would not be filed. A report was sent to Child Protective Services for review.
Texas ranks second in the United States for pedestrian-train fatalities. From January through July, 29 pedestrians died on Texas railroads, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.

I don’t have the fortunate of having brothers, but I felt as sad as if this boy was my brother. The story seems to me as those brown movies of cowboys and railroads. It’s a shame that with so many tools we have nowadays these things still happening… Of course it was an accident, but it’s also true that it could be prevented: danger signals, electrical bars, I don’t know, some of those mechanical things that man has invented.. Well, I can only hope that this could be useful to learn the lection and don’t wait another accident of this type, so the authorities should make what is proper, at least putting a danger signal with red letters, so no more kids die in the future. I am agree with the fact that o charges were filed against the railroad team, but just imagine how is the conscience of the man that saw the kids on the way and couldn’t stop the train on time! He should be at least a little guilt, although it was not his fault… these things just happened. But we must take more care of our own lifes,, because nobody will do it, nobody will love us, better than ourselves. :D