Mischievous boy stops high speed train
Posted by Matt Dioguardi on October 15th, 2007
Just in case you didn’t think this kind of thing happened in Japan —
A fourth grader is being held in protective custody by his guardians [parents?] for hitting the emergency stop button at a railroad crossing. A high speed train headed towards the crossing had to make an emergency stop.
The nine year old boy was crossing the tracks with five companions and a guardian, when he broke from the pack and ran to the emergency stop button. The guardian called for him to stop, and so did some near by officials. But despite their calls he pushed the button, not being able to resist its siren call.
In fact, this is the second time he has done this. It was speculated that he found so much amusement in doing it the first time around, that he found himself wanting to do it even more so. The boy’s guardian and the boy have been sternly warned not to repeat this incident.