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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 14 08:40:24 2015 trolley |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Feb 14 09:59:21 2015, in response to Septa Trolley runs over 2 year old child, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 14 08:40:24 2015. What a terrible story. It's too late for that family, but hopefully it will remind others how dangerous streets are.Young children are full of energy. When our first was a similar age and wanted to walk on the streets of Babylon or Sayville we had a child harness for her and, yes, a detachable leash. We got a few dirty looks and a couple of comments about treating a child like "a dog." |
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Posted by SLRT on Sat Feb 14 10:05:09 2015, in response to Septa Trolley runs over 2 year old child, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 14 08:40:24 2015. It says the child ended up behind the front wheels. Since electric streetcars were introduced they had pilots or cowcatchers. PCCs had baskets that were supposed to drop down to keep things struck from going beneath the trucks. Do these things still exist? |
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Posted by Karl M, Ex New Yorker on Sat Feb 14 10:58:49 2015, in response to Re: Septa Trolley runs over 2 year old child, posted by SLRT on Sat Feb 14 10:05:09 2015. Probably not as it wouldn't look good on the modern trolleys. Karl |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Feb 14 11:53:38 2015, in response to Re: Septa Trolley runs over 2 year old child, posted by SLRT on Sat Feb 14 10:05:09 2015. Here's a side by side of a PCC and a SEPTA Kawasaki. Draw your own conclusion regarding the relative heights and the vulnerability to the unwary.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Feb 14 17:59:08 2015, in response to Septa Trolley runs over 2 year old child, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 14 08:40:24 2015. What kind of trolley was it? Why did the baby get in it's way?
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sat Feb 21 16:13:43 2015, in response to Septa Trolley runs over 2 year old child, posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 14 08:40:24 2015. A MOTHER'S frantic cries echoed down a busy West Philly street Thursday."My baby!" she screamed as she chased down a SEPTA trolley. "My baby!" But it was too late for her son, a 2-year-old run down by the trolley Thursday near the corner of Lancaster Avenue near 51st Street. The boy, who remained unidentified Thursday night, was struck just before 1 p.m., police said. Preliminary evidence indicated he had broken away from his parents and darted in front of a Route 10 trolley as it barreled west on Lancaster Avenue. Witnesses said the trolley's operator honked the horn and tried desperately to slow down, to no avail. The trolley struck the boy near the intersection, and dragged him a few yards before stopping near the corner of Paxon Street and Lancaster Avenue. There, rescue crews worked desperately to free the boy, who had gotten stuck underneath the vehicle, police said. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene at 1:42 p.m. "It all happened so fast; it was a blur," Antoine Gardener said Thursday night as he stood feet from where the trolley came to rest. "I can't imagine what the family is going through now." Gardener was walking out of Home Max, the building-supply store he owns, when he saw the trolley skid to a halt literally outside his front doorstep. He heard the desperate wailing coming from down the block, but didn't understand what had happened. Then, he spotted the boy trapped behind the trolley's fron |
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