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Body found following report of man jumping off Amtrak train in Colleton Co.

COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Emergency officials say a body has been found following a report of a man jumping off an Amtrak train in Colleton County.

Coroner Richard Harvey identified the man as 38-year-old Nathaniel Callahan of Charleston.  Colleton County Fire and Rescue officials say their units as well as deputies responded to the area of Wiess Lane at the railroad tracks north of the Green Pond community on Sunday night.  Authorities responded after CSX authorities alerted emergency responders that a male passenger of an Amtrak train had reportedly jumped off of the train.

“Emergency personnel began searching the area as CSX called back and reported another train reported seeing a shoe between the tracks near Hope Plantation Lane in Jacksonboro,” CCFR officials said.  "Units relocated to the Jacksonboro Community, six miles south of Wiess Lane and began walking the railroad tracks in both directions.  "According to a report, the sheriff’s office deployed a drone equipped with a thermal imaging camera and located the man’s body half a mile south of the Hope Plantation Lane crossing.  Law enforcement is investigating the circumstances of the man’s death.

https://www.wtoc.com/2020/01/28/body-found-following-report-man-jumping-off-amtrak-train-colleton-co/



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/20 00:07 by GenePoon.

According to posts here, this has happened more than a few times on Amtrak trains.

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Just another dissatisfied customer. RIP my friend.

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> According to posts here, this has happened more
> than a few times on Amtrak trains.

happens everywhere doing everything

you should see how many people die in our national parks, these ain't all accidents
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/20 08:05 by dan.

Train number?  Looking up the counties location would provide a clue but still would not indicate if train were north or southbound. More fine journalism. 

Amtrak HAS lost passengers falling, jumping etc. off their trains.  Private railcars NEVER. Wake up Amrak.  Dump fake "safety rules" for private cars.

Considering time of dateline it might have been s/b Palmetto #89 due in Charleston at 7:15 pm and at Yemassee SC at 8:04 pm or n/b #98 Silver Meteor due Yemassee at 8:27 pm and Charleston 9:23 pm.  Nothing in local Charleston paper this a.m. nor on local TV channel that I watched for news prior to 7 am.
jb

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Train number?  Looking up the counties location
> would provide a clue but still would not indicate
> if train were north or southbound. More fine
> journalism. 

Why is the direction of travel even remotely relevant to this story?

Date: 01/28/20 07:43
Re: SC: Body found following report of man jumping off Amtrak tra
Author: 4489andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Train number?  Looking up the counties location
> would provide a clue but still would not indicate
> if train were north or southbound. More fine
> journalism. 
Why is the direction of travel even remotely relevant to this story?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I interpret the scope of the question as the result of incomplete (ie.; shoddy) journalism.  How much longer would it have taken the report generator to dig a little deeper for that and other iotas of facts that had a direct bearing on the fullness of the report?  Apparently too much longer for fear of not being the first with the worst.   

GenePoon Wrote:


 "According to a report, the
> sheriff’s office deployed a drone equipped with
> a thermal imaging camera and located the man’s
> body

Had the weather been warmer, thermal imaging probably would have shown more "hits". Many gators around there, I've seen a few that didn't quite make it across Highway 17 around there.

SANSR Wrote:
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> Date: 01/28/20 07:43
> Re: SC: Body found following report of man jumping
> off Amtrak tra
> Author: 4489andersonb109 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Train number?  Looking up the counties
> location
> > would provide a clue but still would not
> indicate
> > if train were north or southbound. More fine
> > journalism. 
> Why is the direction of travel even remotely
> relevant to this story?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I interpret the scope of the
> question as the result of incomplete (ie.;
> shoddy) journalism.  How much longer would it
> have taken the report generator to dig a little
> deeper for that and other iotas of facts that had
> a direct bearing on the fullness of the report? 
> Apparently too much longer for fear of not being
> the first with the worst.   

And would the majority of people reading this care about these facts?

> Had the weather been warmer, thermal imaging probably would have shown more "hits".
> Many gators around there,

Cold blooded animals don't show up too well on thermal imaging.

Cold blooded animals aren’t really cold. The term relates to how they regulate body temperature. An alligator is still quite a bit warmer than it’s surroundings. 

And would the majority of people reading this care about these facts?
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Perhaps.  Hard to say definitively.  Does not summarily remove the concept as a potential entity of the conversation as a whole.  Those that would do so short change themselves of a robust part of the discussion.  Why would one want to do that?  No need to respond.  I was just bringing another facet of the dialogue to fruition.

SANSR Wrote:
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> And would the majority of people reading this care
> about these facts?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Perhaps.  Hard to say definitively.  Does not
> summarily remove the concept as a potential entity
> of the conversation as a whole.  Those that would
> do so short change themselves of a robust part of
> the discussion.  Why would one want to do that? 
> No need to respond.  I was just bringing another
> facet of the dialogue to fruition.

in some media markets, the reporters do not have time to dig even an inch below the surface, that's the pressure cooker they work in.  Now a reporter for the Cletusville Weekly Bungle on the other hand might have to the time to write the level of story you seem to be looking for.  

Gators are cold blooded.  They don't have warm bodies until they eat your leg.

RayH Wrote:
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> GenePoon Wrote:
>
>
>  "According to a report, the
> > sheriff’s office deployed a drone equipped
> with
> > a thermal imaging camera and located the
> man’s
> > body
>
> Had the weather been warmer, thermal imaging
> probably would have shown more "hits". Many gators
> around there, I've seen a few that didn't quite
> make it across Highway 17 around there.

SANSR Wrote:
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> And would the majority of people reading this care
> about these facts?
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Perhaps.  Hard to say definitively.  Does not
> summarily remove the concept as a potential entity
> of the conversation as a whole.  Those that would
> do so short change themselves of a robust part of
> the discussion.  Why would one want to do that? 
> No need to respond.  I was just bringing another
> facet of the dialogue to fruition.



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