"800,000 acres of beautiful pine trees"

PONY_DRIVER · 06-28-2007, 11:48 AM

Police: Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train

POSTED: 7:24 am PDT June 28, 2007

PHOENIX -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man went missing outside Williams, Ariz., after he was kicked off an Amtrak train in the middle of a national forest, Williams police said.

Police said Roosevelt Sims was headed to Los Angeles but was asked to leave the train shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday at a railroad crossing five miles outside Williams.

"He was let off in the middle of a national forest, which is about 800,000 acres of beautiful pine trees," Lt. Mike Graham said.

Police said there is no train station or running water at the crossing, which is about two miles from the nearest road, at an elevation of about 8,000 feet.

Amtrak personnel told police dispatchers that Sims was drunk and unruly.

The Sims family said Sims is diabetic and was going into shock.

Sims' brother, Brian Mason, said his family tried to call Sims on his cell phone that night, but Sims was incoherent.

When officers arrived at the crossing, police said, Sims ran into the woods, leaving his luggage and medication behind.

Cell phone records show that Sims' phone was last used in Litchfield Park, Ariz., 180 miles from Williams.

Williams police told CBS 5 that Amtrak has used the abandoned crossing as a drop-off site in the past. Graham said that whether drunk or not, no one should be dropped off there.

"You don't put anyone off in an area like that," Graham said.

Amtrak said the company is looking into the matter.

"I just want to find him," Mason said. "I'm not mad at anybody."

"I want to find a way to make sure he's OK," Mason added.

"Our thoughts and prayers are that there's no way he's out there in those woods," Graham said.

FullsizeYota · 06-28-2007, 11:53 AM

"hey look over there"

:swift boot in the ass:

CHOOOO CHOOOOOO

sceep · 06-28-2007, 11:55 AM

ya know.. if we were allowed to drive in that forest im sure the wheeling comunity would love to go help.

PONY_DRIVER · 06-28-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by FullsizeYota

"hey look over there"

:swift boot in the ass:

CHOOOO CHOOOOOO

Del taco · 06-28-2007, 12:03 PM

800,000 Acres of Pine forest in AZ = 800,000 acres of kindling.

Soundguy · 06-28-2007, 12:07 PM

mike · 06-28-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sceep

ya know.. if we were allowed to drive in that forest im sure the wheeling comunity would love to go help.

Sure, but Litchfield Park is a Phoenix suburb

HardBodyJut · 06-28-2007, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by PONY_DRIVER

Police said Roosevelt Sims was headed to Los Angeles but was asked to leave the train shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday at a railroad crossing five miles outside Williams.

Police said there is no train station or running water at the crossing, which is about two miles from the nearest road, at an elevation of about 8,000 feet.

If it is 2 miles from the nearest road and not near any running water, then what is the railroad "crossing"?

PONY_DRIVER · 06-28-2007, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by HardBodyJut

If it is 2 miles from the nearest road and not near any running water, then what is the railroad "crossing"?

A trestle? 'nother rail line?

Nightshade · 06-28-2007, 12:34 PM

Wow this mistake is going to cost a shitload of money for Amtrak

Entropy · 06-28-2007, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HardBodyJut

If it is 2 miles from the nearest road and not near any running water, then what is the railroad "crossing"?

Railroad crossing...

This is my guess...

Kyron · 06-28-2007, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

Wow this mistake is going to cost a shitload of money for Amtrak

Fawk that....... hes drunk and unruly AND a diabetic.

Hell he made it to litchfeild

ChiXJeff · 06-28-2007, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyron

Fawk that....... hes drunk and unruly AND a diabetic.

Hell he made it to litchfeild

Apparently, you know less than Jack Schit (well, you and the Amtrak personnel.) Diabetic shock can manifest as an unruly drunk. And unless Mr. Sims had a visible Medic Alert device, that's not too surprising. Do a 'net search for diabetic, shock, and drunk. This is not uncommon.

And diabetes *IS* treatable. Unlike ignorance.

s10er8 · 06-28-2007, 01:14 PM

They have had to kill me, they had never seen unruly before they told me I was getting off the train. They would have witnessed an unruly motha fucker then

Johann · 06-28-2007, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiXJeff

Apparently, you know less than Jack Schit (well, you and the Amtrak personnel.) Diabetic shock can manifest as an unruly drunk. And unless Mr. Sims had a visible Medic Alert device, that's not too surprising. Do a 'net search for diabetic, shock, and drunk. This is not uncommon.

And diabetes *IS* treatable. Unlike ignorance.

I came upon an accident scene when I was younger and made the same judgement. The man slipped his foot off the brake and rolled into a garage wall. He looked trashed but was diabetic. He had no medic alert ID.

Lesson learned

Ddg_Grsmnky · 06-28-2007, 01:43 PM

[quote=PONY_DRIVER;6953293]Police: Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train

POSTED: 7:24 am PDT June 28, 2007

PHOENIX -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man went missing outside Williams, Ariz., after he was kicked off an Amtrak train in the middle of a national forest, Williams police said.

When officers arrived at the crossing, police said, Sims ran into the woods, leaving his luggage and medication behind.
QUOTE]

All ya have to do is read, the cops came to the site where the train had stopped to let the passanger off, and he took off running, So as the Lovely media is trying to make it sound like Amtrak just dumped the guy in the woods and took off is bullshit.... Gotta love the news and the shit they sway to make things sound as they are not..

A friend of mine works for amtrak, If a passanger is intoxicated, unruley, in need of medical attention, they will radio ahead to the closest police or EMT in the area and stop and meet then and put the passanger into police or medical custody. which I would believe is what happened here, and some news reporter is trying to make a story outa it and make the railroad look bad cause people should be driving electric cars and riding bikes instead......

06-28-2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Soundguy

OWEN, RUB MY FEET!

06-28-2007, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiXJeff

Apparently, you know less than Jack Schit (well, you and the Amtrak personnel.) Diabetic shock can manifest as an unruly drunk. And unless Mr. Sims had a visible Medic Alert device, that's not too surprising. Do a 'net search for diabetic, shock, and drunk. This is not uncommon.

And diabetes *IS* treatable. Unlike ignorance.

Wow, your sarcasm meter is all jacked up.

Cue-Ball · 06-28-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Soundguy

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottFJ40 V2.0

OWEN, RUB MY FEET!

I thought I was the only person in the world to have seen that movie.

"What a dream I had! I dreamt Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!!!"

06-28-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Cue-Ball

I thought I was the only person in the world to have seen that movie.

"What a dream I had! I dreamt Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!!!"

I love that flick

ecrist · 06-28-2007, 02:53 PM

I'm heading up to Williams / Grand Canyon tomorrow. I'll keep my eye out for a drunk diabetic with a cell phone.

PTSchram · 06-28-2007, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ecrist

I'm heading up to Williams / Grand Canyon tomorrow. I'll keep my eye out for the body of a drunk diabetic with a cell phone.

Fixed it!

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Ddg_Grsmnky Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Member # 89827 Location: Somewhere Posts: 67	[quote=PONY_DRIVER;6953293]Police: Diabetic Man Missing After Being Kicked Off Train POSTED: 7:24 am PDT June 28, 2007 PHOENIX -- A 65-year-old St. Louis man went missing outside Williams, Ariz., after he was kicked off an Amtrak train in the middle of a national forest, Williams police said. When officers arrived at the crossing, police said, Sims ran into the woods, leaving his luggage and medication behind. QUOTE] All ya have to do is read, the cops came to the site where the train had stopped to let the passanger off, and he took off running, So as the Lovely media is trying to make it sound like Amtrak just dumped the guy in the woods and took off is bullshit.... Gotta love the news and the shit they sway to make things sound as they are not.. A friend of mine works for amtrak, If a passanger is intoxicated, unruley, in need of medical attention, they will radio ahead to the closest police or EMT in the area and stop and meet then and put the passanger into police or medical custody. which I would believe is what happened here, and some news reporter is trying to make a story outa it and make the railroad look bad cause people should be driving electric cars and riding bikes instead......

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