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As you're probably well aware if you're in the UK, there was a pretty bad train crash at some level crossing between Newbury and Reading this weekend.
When the news first came through, my Dad, Chris, Andrew and I all played a simple wager. The entry was £1 and you had to guess correctly the number of fatalities from the incident there would be at precisely 8am the following morning.
I guessed 6 deaths. I was right. I was all the cash.
Excellent. (Sorry to any of those who were affected by this nasty thing, our bet comes with no intended offense.)
When the news first came through, my Dad, Chris, Andrew and I all played a simple wager. The entry was £1 and you had to guess correctly the number of fatalities from the incident there would be at precisely 8am the following morning.
I guessed 6 deaths. I was right. I was all the cash.
Excellent. (Sorry to any of those who were affected by this nasty thing, our bet comes with no intended offense.)
You bet on people who died. As a human being, I am offended. And by the way, according to BBC news the death toll is 7, including a nine-year-old girl and her mother.
by Matt at 21:34 on 08th Nov 2004
As a human being, I feel sad for those who have been affected by this whole thing aswell. The whole thing was started before the announcement of any serious injuries and before details came through. And reading the paper this morning, I was shocked to find both that 8 or 9 year old and a 19 year old were killed. The seventh died last night, which is quite bad too.
What makes me most angry about this whole thing though, is that it appears the crash was caused by a suicide. It's a really rather selfish way to end your life, risking the lives of other people.
by anon at 20:00 on 24th Nov 2004
that guy had found out he had hiv he just wanted to end his life quickly and painlessly im sure he didnt realise that people on the train would be endangered especially as a train shouldnt derail when it hits a car on the track. your just jaded bcoz of ur sister your determined not to understand these things because of your own personal feelings, this diappoints me a lot. i feel just as sorry for him as i do for the others anyone who knows anything about these things would now its not about being selfish its about an end to unbearable pain that you obviously dont have the empathy to be able to understand. i think actually putting money on the number of people who dies rather bad taste also.