<p>Went on the Miami-Ohio website this morning to look something up, and saw this.</p>
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<p>I don’t even remember seeing train tracks when we visited. But I was suprised at the number of roads criss-crossing the campus. I asked if they’d ever considered making some of the areas pedestrian only, and was told it comes up every year. Apparently it is a big truck route through Ohio, with no by-passes. It seems making the trucks take 3 sides of a square around campus wouldn’t be that big of a deal. I didn’t see a whole lot of traffic there during our visit anyway.</p>
<p>But, as I said, I never even saw train tracks. That’s a risk I never would have considered. Trains running through town at 3 a.m. Locust street is the west edge of campus. My campus map shows the train tracks running NW to SE (or vice versa!) cutting the corner of campus.</p>
<p>Oh NOOO!!! I’m <em>SO</em> sorry to read of yet one more young and promising life ending in such a senseless way. My deepest sympathies, thoughts, and prayers go out to this young woman’s family and friends. She will be dearly missed by many. </p>
<p>I started this thread on the 16th, just a short time before the VT tragedy, so it’s not surprising that it got overshadowed. But I thought I’d post the rest of the story.</p>
<p>There is another thread asking whether people have qualms about sending their kids to VT now. It is stories like the above that scare me more, because they are so pervasive.</p>
<p>OMG. Prayers for the family and friends of this student. (I am a Miami alum and lived in Hahne Hall). I am also remembering a classmate of mine who was killed by a train–that was at the Miami campus in Luxembourg.</p>
My deepest sympathies, thoughts, and prayers go out to this young woman’s family and friends. She will be dearly missed by many. </p>