Old Banned From TV: Mary Wojtyla (Traingirl) Killed by A Train in Illinois

FireFlyGuts · #1 05-05-2009, 10:37 PM

The very definition of rag doll, the woman beside her totally set her up for that. She totally got her.

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At around 5:53 p.m. on August 26, 1991, Mary T. Wojtyla, 41, of Chicago, was walking with her lawyer across the tracks at the Fairview Avenue grade crossing in Downers Grove, directly in front of a westbound train which was stopped at the Metra station.

Apparently distracted by ongoing divorce proceedings, she crossed the center track and was struck by a westbound Burlington Northern EMD E9 pulling a "Racetrack" express train, estimated to be traveling at 60 miles per hour.

Wojtyla was killed instantly; her lawyer saw the oncoming train and was not struck. The accident delayed between 12,000 and 15,000 commuters on the Burlington Northern line for more than an hour.

Trains were further delayed when Downers Grove police ordered the engineer to back up the train in order to re-enact the incident.

According to an account in the Downers Grove Reporter, "the engineer was so seriously affected by the re-enactment, where he had to pass by the dead body still on the tracks, he was unable to continue and had to be relieved of his duties."

A railfan captured Wojtyla being struck by the train.
The video, dubbed "Traingirl", has been shown with the impact edited out at many Operation Lifesaver events, and unedited on shock site web sites.

A wrongful death lawsuit brought by Wojtyla's estate was dismissed in 1996.

Marcusbr · #2 05-05-2009, 11:43 PM

did she died?

FireFlyGuts · #3 05-05-2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcusbr

did she died?

OMG, is that you Weeg?

Magenta · #4 05-06-2009, 12:30 AM

What on earth is all that about?! I've never seen this before... Crazy...

Thappaz · #5 05-06-2009, 08:12 AM

Talk about a ragdoll :P

advancedcorpsetumor · #6 05-06-2009, 08:28 AM

Okay are they fucking dumb? first this woman checks if it is okay to pass and ends up waiting and they just walk past her

Marcusbr · #7 05-06-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by FireflyGuts

OMG, is that you Weeg?

I'm just asking because I saw this video before, and it was said that the little girl survived...

capn_knuckles · #8 05-06-2009, 12:36 PM

Yeah....I don't think she lived

FireFlyGuts · #9 05-06-2009, 04:30 PM

I think the kid is just too small to have survived that impact. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I don't think so. I have seen many videos shown on TV and they lie about the outcome. On Maury once I saw that Lion get shot in the head, and they said that the gun was a tranquilizer. They want to be allowed to show gore, but not feel guilty for it.

FireFlyGuts · #10 05-06-2009, 04:34 PM

Instead of watching the kid get hit, watch the woman who she was with. It's like she turns to the left and just acts casual, I wonder if she even knew what happened yet

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