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Small explosive found on tracks after woman hit by train

by KING 5 News

KING5.com

Posted on August 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM

Updated Thursday, Aug 18 at 5:21 PM

SEATTLE -- While investigating a train accident that killed a woman in Seattle Thursday morning, investigators discovered a small explosive device.

Trains began moving again around 2:00 p.m. around Carkeek Park when the explosive was determined too small to do any damage. FBI, ATF, BNSF and Seattle Police both examined the object and investigated the death.

Around 9:00 a.m., the woman, only identified as being in her 50's, was struck and killed by the train in that area.

Police said the two incidents are not connected. Officers said the object was not large enough to do damage to the tracks, and was even possibly left over from the Fourth of July.

Police said prior to being hit, the woman appeared to be walking away from the tracks, but turned around and knelt down at one point, looking back at the tracks.

Investigators said the engineer sounded the train's whistle and braked, but the woman was still hit.

After officers arrived on scene to piece together the accident, they discovered what appeared to be the pipe bomb.

About 40 trains use that particular track on an average day. 

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sensibleguy said on August 19, 2011 at 10:30 AM

First it was a pipe bomb, now small explosive. Now the trough has come out and it is left over fireworks from the 4th. We have a SEVERE over reaction problem with government and the press. McCarthy would be proud.

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matthias said on August 18, 2011 at 8:00 PM

:D

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dreambeing said on August 18, 2011 at 6:42 PM

Where can I sign up, matthias ? I find myself constantly drawn toward train tracks and I do not know why. It must be a disease...like alcoholism - that forces booze down my throat. I must need shock therapy or heavy medication. I love trains !

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matthias said on August 18, 2011 at 6:07 PM

After watching Jerry Springer a few years ago I discovered that while the KKK is Racist they do not discriminate against other races who want to join the KKK. Of course that was on Jerry Springer though so who really knows?

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cluelessinseattl said on August 18, 2011 at 5:22 PM

Ok, I'll call you a racist. You're a racist. Domestic terror has been a problem here for decades. Timothy McVeigh - completely white, non-Muslim - blew up the Oklahoma City Federal Building. Ted Kaczynski - also completely white, non-Muslim - mailed bombs to people he disagreed with personally or on a philosophical basis. Eric Robert Rudolph - white, Roman Catholic identifying American - was responsible for bombing abortion clinics between 1996 and 1998, killing 2 people and wounding 150 others. Eric Harris and Darren Klebold - also both white as white can be, and American - walked into their high school and started spraying bullets into crowds of students. How about the KKK; the Alpha 66 and Omega 7; the Army of God (that'd be the Christian God, in case you were wondering); the Aryan Nations; the Black Liberation Army; The Covenant, The Sword, and The Arm of The Lord; the Jewish Defense League; the list continues. Terrorism isn't an Islamic immigrant issue - it's just an issue.

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justaguy1267 said on August 18, 2011 at 2:40 PM

Maybe the woman and the pipe bomb aren't connected but a pipe bomb placed near the tracks, would indicate to most rational people that someone had hoped to derail a train. Whoever put this here had the will to derail the train but apparently lacked the explosives know how to pull it off. Call me a racist or a bigot, but the frequency of these attempts has increased parallel to the increase in Islamic immigrants. It was only about a month ago that we had a foiled attempt to kill innocents at the US Army Corps of Engineers building in Seattle...by muslims. Our PC, lax immigration practices are mocked by those that exploit them and say what you want, we will pay the price in blood for years to come. Good job LIBS!

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franky said on August 18, 2011 at 1:05 PM

ccole why make this about race? The article CLEARLY states that the two are not connected. Police said the two incidents are not connected. Officers also said the device was small, and not large enough to do damage to the tracks.

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cluelessinseattl said on August 18, 2011 at 12:57 PM

You're wondering what race the woman was because why exactly? If she was the one who left the bomb there, does that make you assume she was Arabic of some sort? If she was walking near the tracks and noticed something that she thought looked suspicious, does that make you assume that she was Caucasian? If she committed suicide by train, does that make you assume she was Asian? If it was an accident all around, do you assume that she was African American? How exactly does race factor into this at all?

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eric1972sea said on August 18, 2011 at 12:44 PM

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Time to start ruling these suicides because walking on train tracks is suicide or extreme stupidity. One or the other but not an simple mistake!

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firesoul said on August 18, 2011 at 12:44 PM

@chevelle70ss: Took the words right out of my mouth!

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ccole said on August 18, 2011 at 12:33 PM

I'm wondering what race the woman was?

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matthias said on August 18, 2011 at 12:32 PM

I am going to be offering a how to not get hit by a train 6 week course starting next month. Cost is 15 dollars for the entire course and includes a free number 2 pencil.

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chevelle70ss said on August 18, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Makes me wonder why so many people are getting hit by trains lately. Is this some new fad that i dont know about? its pretty easy to not get hit by a train, staying off the tracks would be step one.

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bazwest said on August 18, 2011 at 11:43 AM

That seems like quite the coincidence. Makes one wonder if they are connected.

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antisocialist said on August 18, 2011 at 11:38 AM

Could it be that this train dispatched a would-be terrorist? Or was the pipe bomb completely unrelated to this lady? Too early to tell ...much more to this story I suppose.

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