Man survives being hit by train travelling at 110 mph

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Man survives being hit by train travelling at 110 mph

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Man survives being hit by train traveling at 110 miles per hour with just fractured bones

...It appears that [the man], who had headphones on, walked into the middle of the train tracks and into the course of a Chicago-bound AMTRAK train...
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Call me old-fashioned, but I cannot understand why so many people walk, cycle or drive around with headphones on, thus cutting off one of their vital survival senses.

Man survives being hit 'straight on' by Amtrak train travelling at 110mph

According to reports the train sounded its horn a number of times but [the man], who was listening to music at the time, failed to hear it...
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