# miss deaf texas... hit by train **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 22, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160 "2006-03-22T22:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/1 "2006-03-22T22:02:45Z")
> AUSTIN – The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died Monday afternoon after being struck by a train in Austin. > > Authorities said 18-year-old Tara Rose McAvoy was walking near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train. A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the collision occurred. > > McAvoy, who had been deaf since birth, won the state title in June. The state pageant director said she represented Texas “with dignity and pride.” > > McAvoy was to represent Texas at the Miss Deaf America pageant this summer. > [York, Lancaster and Harrisburg PA News, Weather and Sports - WGAL Channel 8](http://www.wgal.com/news/7978452/detail.html) ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/2 "2006-03-22T22:16:17Z")
sooo wrong on so many levels ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/3 "2006-03-23T06:54:50Z")
i cant decide whether to go with “even Miss Deaf Texas heard about this last week” or “I wonder if she heard it coming” ---
**Author:** ![NOTLUZN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@NOTLUZN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NOTLUZN)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/4 "2006-03-23T07:33:23Z")
Not only was she deaf but dumb too. ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/5 "2006-03-23T07:34:53Z")
on a side note, the girl was text messaging people on her phone when she was hit. ---
**Author:** ![rmrider897](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@rmrider897](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rmrider897)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/6 "2006-03-23T07:39:27Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > on a side note, the girl was text messaging people on her phone when she was hit. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![smokin\_ls1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@smokin\_ls1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokin_ls1)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/7 "2006-03-23T16:26:54Z")
That’s kinda hard to believe. I worked around trains for 6 years. You don’t have to hear a train whistle to know ones going off. You can feel it in your chest. Not to mention the ground vibrates when they move. You would think a deaf person would pick up on that better than someone who can hear but who knows. ---
**Author:** ![F-B-A](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/f-b-a/32/6022_2.png) [@F-B-A](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/F-B-A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/8 "2006-03-23T16:30:25Z")
this discussion is wrong on so many levels… :nono: ---
**Author:** ![2003frontier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/2003frontier/32/5965_2.png) [@2003frontier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/2003frontier)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/9 "2006-03-23T17:14:50Z")
Should of been able to feel the train coming , then again maybe not , i work on locomotives for union railroad and you would be suprised how a train can sneek up on you!! ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-deaf-texas-hit-by-train/181160/10 "2006-03-23T18:16:49Z")
lmao darkstar