This Darwin Award Winner recently happened in Boston. Sad and tragic, apparently, a baseball fan had too much to drink or he loved being a daredevil (usually what Darwin Award Winners are)... and made a fatal mistake. One no one should repeat.DARWIN AWARD WINNER- MAN DIES AFTER CLIMBING ATOP N.Y. TRAIN
From Boston.com:
A New Hampshire man died Wednesday night after he climbed atop a train traveling through Westchester County, New York, and was apparently electrocuted by overhead electrical wires, officials said.
MTA Metro-North Railroad officials identified the man to Boston.com as Michael Vigeant, 24, of Hudson. A New Haven, Connecticut, bound train stopped around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday between stations in Larchmont and Mamroneck because of a power issue, according to MTA officials. A preliminary review of the scene showed a man — later identified as Vigeant — tried to climb atop the train and had come in contact with overhead wires.
A New Hampshire man died Wednesday night after he climbed atop a train traveling through Westchester County, New York, and was apparently electrocuted by overhead electrical wires, officials said.
MTA Metro-North Railroad officials identified the man to Boston.com as Michael Vigeant, 24, of Hudson. A New Haven, Connecticut, bound train stopped around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday between stations in Larchmont and Mamroneck because of a power issue, according to MTA officials. A preliminary review of the scene showed a man — later identified as Vigeant — tried to climb atop the train and had come in contact with overhead wires.
Vigeant was aboard
the train with his brother, and the pair, together, both wearing Red Sox gear,
attempted to get atop the car but a conductor was able to stop Vigeant’s
brother, an eyewitness told the News.
