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Former WRVA radio host Michael 'Doc' Thompson struck, killed by train in Texas
From the DCRTV.com mailbag
There is some sad news on The Richmond Times-Dispatch website Thursday. The headline is "Reports: Former WRVA radio host Michael 'Doc' Thompson struck, killed by train in Texas". Mr. Thompson was jogging early in the morning. (2/6/19)
From Trainorders:
Passenger Trains > amtk 14 hits trespasser tnt.
Date: 02/06/19 09:34
Re: amtk 14 hits trespasser tnt.
Author: Rivannaco
Started hearing this morning about a radio host killed by a passenger train so did a quick Google search and found this...
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/haltom-city/2019/02/05/amtrak-train-kills-pedestrian-trinity-railway-express-tracks-haltom-city
Date: 02/06/19 09:34
Re: amtk 14 hits trespasser tnt.
Author: Rivannaco
Started hearing this morning about a radio host killed by a passenger train so did a quick Google search and found this...
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/haltom-city/2019/02/05/amtrak-train-kills-pedestrian-trinity-railway-express-tracks-haltom-city
Date: 02/06/19 10:24
Re: amtk 14 hits trespasser tnt.
Author: czephyr17
Rivannaco Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Started hearing this morning about a radio host
> killed by a passenger train so did a quick Google
> search and found this...
>
> https://www.dallasnews.com/news/haltom-city/2019/0
> 2/05/amtrak-train-kills-pedestrian-trinity-railway
> -express-tracks-haltom-city
Yes, very surprising. See previous thread about the incident yesterday afternoon with #22.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,4726360
Re: amtk 14 hits trespasser tnt.
Author: czephyr17
Rivannaco Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Started hearing this morning about a radio host
> killed by a passenger train so did a quick Google
> search and found this...
>
> https://www.dallasnews.com/news/haltom-city/2019/0
> 2/05/amtrak-train-kills-pedestrian-trinity-railway
> -express-tracks-haltom-city
Yes, very surprising. See previous thread about the incident yesterday afternoon with #22.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,4726360
Passenger Trains > Amtrak 22(5)
Date: 02/05/19 14:31
Amtrak 22(5)
Author: SAAP
Anyone know what happened? I just received a text alert that "TRE passengers may experience delays due to an Amtrack(sic) incident at Richland Hills" . Track-A-Train shows Amtrak 22 not moving and still in Richland Hills (TX).
Date: 02/05/19 14:31
Amtrak 22(5)
Author: SAAP
Anyone know what happened? I just received a text alert that "TRE passengers may experience delays due to an Amtrack(sic) incident at Richland Hills" . Track-A-Train shows Amtrak 22 not moving and still in Richland Hills (TX).
HALTOM CITY AT 20 HRS AGO
Conservative talk show host Doc Thompson killed by Amtrak train in Haltom City
Written by Sarah Sarder Claire Z. Cardona Loyd Brumfield
Updated at 3 p.m. Wednesday: Revised to include confirmation from medical examiner.
Fans of a conservative talk radio host mourned his death Wednesday morning, a day after he was struck by an Amtrak train in Haltom City.
Michael "Doc" Thompson, 49, of Bentonville, Ark., was killed Tuesday afternoon, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.
Witnesses and the train crew said he was jogging along the tracks in the 2000 block of Carson Road about 3:45 p.m. when he was hit by the passing train. ... A pair of wireless earbuds was found at the scene, but it was not clear whether Thompson had been wearing them, police said.
No one on the train was injured.
....
Conservative talk show host Doc Thompson killed by Amtrak train in Haltom City
Written by Sarah Sarder Claire Z. Cardona Loyd Brumfield
Updated at 3 p.m. Wednesday: Revised to include confirmation from medical examiner.
Fans of a conservative talk radio host mourned his death Wednesday morning, a day after he was struck by an Amtrak train in Haltom City.
Michael "Doc" Thompson, 49, of Bentonville, Ark., was killed Tuesday afternoon, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.
Witnesses and the train crew said he was jogging along the tracks in the 2000 block of Carson Road about 3:45 p.m. when he was hit by the passing train. ... A pair of wireless earbuds was found at the scene, but it was not clear whether Thompson had been wearing them, police said.
No one on the train was injured.
....