Is There Anything Suspicious About The Death Of Eric Boehlert.....

[global1]

I heard he was an accomplished cyclist and was involved in a bicycle accident. Hit by a commuter train.

This just sounded fishy to me. Has there been any info put out there on the circumstances of his accident?

[flying_wahini]

1. Haven't heard anything to give rise to that. Public train crossing, they probably have video.

Which I don’t want to see.

[Ocelot II]

2. Not likely. It's hard to arrange a train accident at a public crossing.

If you want to whack a cyclist it's easier to make it look like an accident if you use a car or a truck. His death is a real loss but I'm sure it was an accident.

[Bev54]

3. Shit happens unfortunately, lets not turn it into a conspiracy.

[Hoyt]

4. No. Just a sad accident.

[Raine]

5. No. Biking at night, crossing train tracks with a train close by

accidents are bound to happen.

[applegrove]

6. I don't think so.

[Princess Turandot]

7. All they've said was that he was hit by a train near a station in the town, although not ...

...at the station itself. The reports I saw didn't say that it was at a crossing, which I think probably would have been mentioned had that been the case. They have to investigate, which may require the completed autopsy results, based on the circumstances. i.e. Did he have a heart or some such thing that put him unexpectedly in the path of the train? His wife has said that she doesn't yet know any specifics about the crash.

I think this happened around 9 PM. He was in the habit of riding at night, which is inherently more dangerous, regardless of one's skills.

[BootinUp]

8. I think its more than skill

that makes the difference. Proper safety equipment and paying attention mostly. I don't suspect any foul play here, just a shocking accident or some health situation probably.

[JHB]

11. "Near" a station can just be shorthand for the general area of a train accident...

...not necessarily meaning immediate proximity to the station itself. Several blocks away at a grade-level crossing can still count as "near."

The details will be in the police report, which may or may not be made public.

[liberalla]

9. I have wondered also... how could this happen? Was he wearing ear buds and

not hear the train? Was there an object in the road that caused him (and bike) to be propelled in an unexpected direction? and no time to 'correct' and regain normal forward travel? Did he have some type of medical event/episode?

The train is on a track, right? We know the route of the train. The train doesn't change course to pull into your lane. The bike (or other vehicle) is the variable here... The vehicle will get in the train's way, but not the other way around. So, what happened?

Being a mature and experienced cyclist in familiar surroundings is what makes this difficult to understand. I look forward to getting more information on the accident.

[BlackSkimmer]

12. No.

How can anyone possibly think that?

Either he wasn’t paying attention, tried to beat the train, or possibly took himself out.

I think most likely he tried to beat the train. You’d have to be really zoned out not to see or hear a train coming when on a bike. Even the light rail in my city has bells, lights, crossing arms…you can hear and see it from quite some distance.