ELMWOOD PLACE, Ohio (UPI) -- A young Ohio man was so caught up in text messaging as he walked across a railroad track he failed to notice a train bearing down on him.
Zachariah Smith, 18, waited until a southbound CSX train passed, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. He did not notice the northbound Norfolk Southern train passing by immediately afterward.
Smith was struck by the second train and was seriously injured.
Elmwood Place Mayor Richard Ellison said he arrived at the scene immediately after the accident and talked to three of the five people who saw it. They said the engineer was "blowing his horn like mad" when he saw the young man.
"The only way the train could have missed him was if it could make a turn," Ellison said.
The lights and gates at the crossing were in working order, witnesses said.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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