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Updated: Woman Struck And Killed By Train Near Nine Mile Road
March 18, 2021
A person was struck and killed by a train Wednesday night off Nine Mile Road.
It happened on the railroad tracks south of East Nine Mile Road, near Nims Lane. The 58-year old female was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
The ECSO has not released the victim’s name as they work to contact her next of kin and the investigation continued.
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19 Responses to “Updated: Woman Struck And Killed By Train Near Nine Mile Road”
Momma T youll be forever missed. This is all so crazy to me. Its unreal. I got ya babygirl tho. She a handful always has been but i got her. Please watch over us all.
Sounds to me that she’s a hero giving her life for her beloved pet. Very tragic. I hope that her dog is with her love one’s or atleast made sure is saved from being put down by the shelter. Prayers for her, her family and those she left behind.
Thank you Robin Cox for the reason she was killed. Prayers for her family and friends.
Hopefully the dog will recover after being traumatized with the train hitting his owner.
Prayers also to the train crew and emergency personnel.
Oh btw mr train master please get your ears checked ASAP because if you think trains aren’t loud your deaf as a rock. Remember the old saying that tornado sounds like a locomotive. Think before you speak !!!!!!
She was trying to save her dog that got his lease caught in the tracks and thats why she was hit. She was not drunk or on drugs. The dog has been taking to a shelter.
Mr train master I have lived by the train tracks for 60 yrs and guess what the damm train is loud and very noisy so what it saying is pure crap !!!!
Back in the late 1980’s I worked as a Railroad Police Officer up in the northeast. One night while walking through a railroad yard doing a normal patrol for criminal activity, I began walking the tracks in between railroad cars. If it were not for the train engine’s head light reflecting off the box cars near me, I would have (without a doubt) been run over by that train. I never heard it coming and was lucky to step in between two railroad cars until the train passed me. Former Trainmaster is very correct about trains moving quietly. Most of the train verse pedestrian accidents I investigated were either people committing suicide or trying to jump a train to ride, but falling off and under the train. No matter how it happened, it is still a loss of life that is regrettable. Prayers to the family of this victim.
Very well written, Rasheed! And a very entertaining story.
“North Escambia didn’t have any of the details and stated multiple bits of erroneous information.”
We just pulled the story we wrote and the media report distributed by the Florida Highway Patrol. Our story and the FHP report match 100%. Anything “erroneous” came from the FHP.
One of the reasons so many people get hit by trains is because of the same false assumption that commenter Bill Tyler is spreading about trains being loud. Steel wheels on a steel track can be extremely quiet on straight track when not braking. And the locomotive can sound as quiet as a low hum that can be easily drowned out by environmental noises, or dampened by trees surrounding the track. It is not loud until it passes you by, then it’s too late. Please do not assume you will hear a train coming from behind, or feel vibrations, or hear a whistle. I’ve had to review video of sober adults sitting on rail and being hit by a locomotive, they never heard it coming, you may not either.
Rasheed Jackson’s comments telling a story is well told and written so as to grasp the attention of the reader. I can’t help but wish the original story of the women hit by the train on 9 mile road had as many details and more information as to tell her story. Maybe a little research and interviews of persons with knowledge of the event would help round out this persons story of losing her life by being run over by a train. My brother was hit and killed on interstate 10 by a car back in December. North Escambia didn’t have any of the details and stated multiple bits of erroneous information.
Walking on the RR tracks is always a bad idea and it is considered trespassing. Years ago I heard an older gentlemen tell a story of how he was trapped on a RR bridge one night. He had been to his girlfriends house and was walking home. he had to cross a long bridge and never gave it a thought he may encounter a train while on the bridge. Well one dark and rainy night that is exactly what happened. When he heard the train coming he started running. Not knowing exactly where he was on the bridge he had to make a decision, jump or try and hang on the timbers supporting the tracks. Not knowing how far it was to the ground below he decided to hold on to the timbers. He held on while the train past. He could feel the heat from the wheels and the air rushing past him. Only being a couple of feet from the tracks, it was a terrifying experience. The sound was deafening and only added to his fear. Once the train had had past he tried to pull himself back up but he was exhausted and could not muster enough strength to pull his body back on the tracks. The timbers were cutting into his arms and the creosote was burning. The chilling rain was making the situation even worse. He finally decide he had no other choice but to let go and fall to the ground or possibly river below. He finally got up the courage to let go and face the consequences. When he let loose he fell a total of about a foot.
Wow people – can’t you just say “this is sad” & move on without leaving your snarky unnecessary comments? All the extra just makes your claims of sympathy disingenuous.
My condolences to all those touched by this persons loss.
Although there was nothing the engineer could do I believe he or she feels devastated by the accident. Prayers to the crew of the train.
You can’t stop a train on a Dime
A train wow and of course it’s not the trains fault. Think about it a train!!!! Hey I’m sorry this person lost their life and it is sad. But look a loud train surely it’s not that hard to get out of the way of a damm train!!! Unless you are impaired in some way or just a bad judge of distance!!!!!!!
Sorry for the loss of life but I have never understood how someone gets hit by a train…they aren’t everywhere. They have tracks they have to travel on, so please stay off the tracks and you should be safe from trains..
Pensacola needs more railroad crosswalks. (Sarcasm)
Oh boy here we go with these trains need to slow down, or not enough sidewalks, lights, the conductor was distracted, sorry for loss , but things happen.