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    man.... I'm goin' to hell for reluctantly chuckling at this..

    "AUSTIN (March 14) - The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train, officials said.


    Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred.


    McAvoy, who had been deaf since birth, won the state title in June and represented the state "with dignity and pride," state pageant director Laura Loeb-Hill told The Associated Press via e-mail Monday night.


    McAvoy was to represent Texas at the Miss Deaf America pageant this summer, Loeb-Hill said.


    McAvoy graduated last year from the Texas School for the Deaf, attended Austin Community College and then started at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in January, but had returned to Texas, Loeb-Hill said."
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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    odd that she didn't feel it coming...
    exactly
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    hey my uncle is deaf and he feels the smallest vibration

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    Quote Originally Posted by LQQKITZME
    hey my uncle is deaf and he feels the smallest vibration
    of course, when you lose one sense the others become more sensitive. With a train, unless there were several others around at the same time then you would feel it coming...sounds like there is more to the story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    of course, when you lose one sense the others become more sensitive. With a train, unless there were several others around at the same time then you would feel it coming...sounds like there is more to the story.
    i thought that too.

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    No clue, I dont know anything about the story aside from what I posted. Just happened to run across it on AOL news, and thought it was kinda.... weird lol.. I mean, how can you not hear a train comin' at ya? Ohhhh thats right, she was deaf.... yup... i'm goin' to hell i think.
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    But GODDAMMIT if you are deaf don't walk on the train tracks! Really.

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    suicide maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by krucial7integra
    suicide maybe?
    It has to be :confused:
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    k, they're now saying she was sending a text message when she was hit *shrug*
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    naw i heard she was texting someone on her cell phone when it happened..
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    maybe she was deaf and retarded. Oh well, either way, she's dead now, hehe.

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