man trying to kill his girlfriend by stopping a car in front of an approaching train was himself killed Monday when the train hit the vehicle and launched it into him as he tried to flee, police said.

The girlfriend survived.

The man drove the car in front of a group of other vehicles stopped at a railroad crossing in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Sunland, Officer Mike Lopez said.

The driver, who was seen arguing with his girlfriend, parked the car on the tracks and jumped out, leaving her behind, Lopez said.

A northbound commuter train hit the rear of the car, hurling it into the man. The girlfriend was taken to the hospital, where she was in stable condition, Lopez said.

"She gets hit by a train and lives. He gets hit by his own car and he dies," Lopez said.

The train was heading from downtown to Lancaster in northern Los Angeles County at the time of the 12:08 p.m. crash, said Denise Tyrrell, a spokeswoman for Metrolink.

There were no injuries on the train, which carried 132 passengers and crew members, Tyrrell said. The train had superficial damage.

The train's speed wasn't immediately known. The limit in the area is 79 mph, Tyrrell said. At that speed, it would take one-third of a mile to stop, she said.

It is highly unusual for someone to survive being struck by a train, Tyrrell said.

"The train to your car is like your car to a soda pop can. It's just not going to be a fair fight," Tyrrell said.

Got Karma? All I can say is LOL. God punishes quick.

haha darwin award

heh, god?

no, God

oh, god.

not god, God.

Darwin.

That is a classic Darwin award winner there!!!!!!!

Xenu.

Thor

jebus

Crom!

car-ma

^^ lolz ^^

my karma ran over my dogma.

VICTORY!!!

SPOON!!!!!!!!!!!

The mans funeral will be ... oh forget it.

best thread evar!(in the last 2 days)

I guess he should have trained harder.

The man was apparently going all crazy and loco at his girlfriend.

he always said he needed a girl that he could train

That relationship sure went off the rails.

Police said the man was at the crossroads of his life.

the man got hit by a car with his girfriend in it which was hit by a "train"

/jt

what goes around, comes all the way back around.

Sif you wouldnt know that!

This thread has been derailed.

pretty subtle spook

I bet the guy didn't choo choo choose that end result.

no return ticket required for that ride.

He'll never miss the train again

It was certainly not a miscarriage of justice.

lolz this thread's a trainwreck

Posting in the funniest thread in a month!

Props!

um u needed to crack a funneh.

He got trammed















p.s. tram is close enough to a train...

eat s***...

I guess these events really trained on his parade.

His plan was railroaded

His friends said he spent his whole life on the wrong side of the tracks.

Wait, why the fark didn't she get out of the car?

Did he stand there with central locking, clicking the lock button over and over or something? Did he tie her up? Did he knock her out?

^^ i dont get it ^^

The driver, who was seen arguing with his girlfriend, parked the car on the tracks and jumped out, leaving her behind, Lopez said.

So he parked the car, got out... yet she sat there in the car, even though it was on train tracks?

well obviously the train wasnt too far away if the car managed to hit him...

Sounds like he had a one track mind. Perhaps he was obsessed with trying to improve his station in life.

This thread is nearly as good as the croc eat man's arm thread LOL

There once was a man thought insane
Tried killing his girl with a train
The train hit his car
and he hit the tar
She lived, and they scooped up his brain.

now a good pun thread has been spoiled with a limerick.

he must have had a real loco-motive to try and pull that off.