16 Responses to “Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train In Cottage Hill”

1. upset on April 4th, 2015 9:53 pm

   First thank you for the prayers but to those with the negative comments please dont if when you dont know the whole story. There is there much more to this than just being on the tracks. When comments like that are made just to make them without knowing all the facts.

2. becky "first stop" on April 1st, 2015 5:43 pm

   it really hurt when i realized who was involved in this horrible accident my thoughts and prayers go out to his family. this was a tragedy and i cant imagine what his parents are going through , we need to stop asking questions and start praying for peace and comfort for his family and pray that our kids will find ways to deal with their problems in a better way. may the Lord comfort this family

3. the young mans dad on March 31st, 2015 11:27 pm

   I am the father of this young man. This is a horrible thing to have happened for everyone involved. My request is that prayers go out to his 5 brothers and 1 sister that is enduring a horrific period of time in their lives. I also request that we keep the Engineer in our prayers.This particular incident involved more then my son. The engineer was fairly young. He did everything correctly and everything he could have to possibly avoid such a horrid ending. I pray for you as well I know your life has been affected greatly with this incident.I hope you see this. I personally want you to know your in our thoughts as well.

4. CK on March 31st, 2015 3:24 pm

   Did any of you read the article? This was most likely INTENTIONAL. For those of you without any sense, that means suicide. Train safety, making it illegal to walk along the railroad, etc is meaningless. This was a tragedy. End of story. Go point your finger at someone else.

5. broken on March 30th, 2015 7:04 pm

   Unless you were in the man’s shoes please don’t speculate what you don’t know I know the boy he is my family it doesn’t matter why he was there and that he shouldn’t have been there all that matters is a great person was lost and there are so many people hurting right now shouldn’t that be the bigger picture being supportive and caring in a time of loss.

6. concerned on March 30th, 2015 5:56 pm

   Who was the man, and god bless his family, and the train conductor.

7. Yvonne on March 30th, 2015 9:48 am

   The most tragic part is that the people committing suicides feel there is no other way out of whatever life has given them!! We as Christians are falling way short on our job of reaching these poor lost souls, that… there is HOPE!! It’s in Jesus Christ. Prayers for the family of this poor man, and prayers for the Engineer and his family who must suffer right along with it all!!

8. K. IN CANTONMENT on March 30th, 2015 7:43 am

   I live on McKenzie Rd. right over the railroad tracks. This is just Terrible! My prayers to the family.

9. Jane on March 30th, 2015 5:24 am

   So very sad. Prayers for the family and for the train engineer.

10. Feleena on March 29th, 2015 11:09 pm

    my grandmother worked for the rail road all her life she is retired now but I learned a lot about train safety every one should know that a train can not come to a stop right away but this is horrible just this month I believe this is I think 3 or 4 people that has been killed on train tracks I think if people are walking on the trakes they should be arrested because this is what’s going to happen its a shame and the engineer can not control what happend it takes a train time to stop I feel so bad that this has happend prayers for all invoved I remember when people used to jump trains being around the rail road family me and my sister heard a lot of stories its crazy what people will do but again so sorry about what has happen and I pray for every one

11. Resident on March 29th, 2015 9:57 pm

    This is such a horrible tragedy! I send prayers to the families envolved! I also send prayers to the engineer! They didn’t deserve this. Its got to be so hard for them as these trains do NOT just stop people! The engineer can pull the brake all they want but the train will stop at its own pace! I drove by this not too long after it happened. Such a preventable tragedy!!!

12. Cindy on March 29th, 2015 6:15 pm

    Like Grandma, I feel bad for the engineers. The unfortunate people who died made the decision to walk the tracks (even tho it is trespassing) but the engineer was just going about his work day. Maybe they didn’t hear the horns, but why couldn’t they feel the vibrations? I live about 100 yards from the tracks at Johnson and Chemstrand and when the train comes, it almost shakes us off the couch. There’s no doubt there’s a train coming – even if I couldn’t hear the horn blowing. Feel sorry for them all.

13. Sage 2 on March 29th, 2015 5:59 pm

    @Grandma…she has it right, as does dbpensacola’s comments.

    What is going on that we can help to correct?

14. Grandma on March 29th, 2015 4:57 pm

    My prayers are for the family. Such needless tragedy. The rails are NOT a walkway for pedestrians! It is actually trespassing. Young folk with earbuds blasting away cannot hear the train’s horn.
    And for anyone thinking this is an easy way to end it all, PLEASE think of the train’s engineer. He does NOT want to have to think of such horror for the rest of his life! It is impossible for him to stop in time. Praying for each engineer in these latest. Just saying…

15. dbpensacola on March 29th, 2015 4:57 pm

    Over the last couple of months there seems to be so many deaths from Ensley to Molino and areas on and off Hwy 29. This is now a car death of a teacher, a teen in a truck, a young girl on the train track off 10 Mile Road and now this person on a train track.. Add all the other injuries, break-ins, robbers, this seem to be getting worse in the few miles of 29……

16. AJ on March 29th, 2015 4:32 pm

    Prayers for the family. I drove by not long after it happened and saw all the cops and crime scene tape. It seems to be a common occurance here lately