Teen hit by LIRR train dies -

A 16-year-old boy, walking in the middle of the railroad tracks with a friend, died hours after being hit by a westbound Long Island Rail Road train late Thursday night just west of the Floral Park station, ...

[Hxville]

Engineers, as drivers, need to keep an eye out beyond their scope. It can be tedious just watching the rails but look ahead and move eyes and head around. Has the boy been spotted, perhaps the braking of the train would have happened much earlier.

What could these boys be possibly doing on a track at that time of night..

[Yankee Fan]

Feelem Noose wrote:

What an odd name this boy had??

Yes and I know many people named Feelem Noose.

[mary jo from the grave]

Hxville wrote:

Engineers, as drivers, need to keep an eye out beyond their scope. It can be tedious just watching the rails but look ahead and move eyes and head around. Has the boy been spotted, perhaps the braking of the train would have happened much earlier.
What could these boys be possibly doing on a track at that time of night..

they play chicken with each other the first to move off the tracks as the train is coming at you is "chicken"

[kev]

its sad

[Catherine]

You bollox, this boy had a lovely irish name, Phelim Lynch, and there was nothing wrong with his name. Not the name you decided he had, and whatever his name was how dare you make fun of it. What does it matter any way asshole!!
!!!And I am sure you have such a great name. Didn't your mother ever tell you if you had nothing to say say nothing at all. Oh' maybe you don't know who your mother is??????????

[Whyaretheir -comments]

GripOnReality wrote:

It's a shame, but obviously it's not an honor student we're talking about.
I've seen what a train can do to the human body, it's not pretty.

A matter a fact he was. he was a strait A student who had a bright future ahead of him.

[JamesG]

Jesus you people are callous. I grew up in FP, and remember walking the tracks because too often the adults seemed to want to do nothing for the kids to give them something to do, and it seems nothing has changed.

Maybe the Village will take something away from this and do more to offer the kids something to do, other than hanging around on corners and walking the tracks. If people in the Village are looking for something positive to come from this tragedy, maybe that is the one thing.

I am sure everyone who is so brilliant at pointing out this kids moment of poor judgement are perfect people.

Have some respect, the family and friends do read these things, how would you like some stranger to burst in on you grieving a loved one and having such awful things said.

Between this and the other thread, I am really fearing for the future of this country, and not for the kids, but because of the callous adults, because adults should know better than to post such stupidity.

You assume he was playing chicken, but you have no clue. Maybe he just simply stumbled and couldn't move, who knows, but cut the family and friends some slack and unless you have something positive to say, then hold your tongue. Its a little obvious it was a mistake on his part, but what you are doing is pre-meditated. Think before you click that post comment button.

To the friends and family, my condolences and please understand that those who post all the negativiity on these boards are a loud mouth and unintelligent minority. Most people want nothing more than to express sympathy.

[Dan Altuz]

This is about the third or fourth time this year someone has died from my old school. By the way, all of you retards need to shut the hell up about this kid. He was a really good kid, and I knew him, and he is not the idiot you people make him out to be. You don't even know, so shut the hell up.

[qaz]

i knew him also and he was a great guy really funny and friendly all you people need to think before you type these horrible comments and if you dont know then dont say anything....

[John - Willy Park]

pete wrote:

IS IT ME OR ARE THEASE KIDS GETTING STUPED AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF SEVENTEEN? I DONT THINK SCHOOLS ARE DOING THERE PART.

If you are in possession of a diploma the school system is failing.

[cathy]

honestly everyone who is saying something bad or degrading about Phelim really needs to stop..I understand you would like to voice your opinion, and everyone does have a right to do so, but at a time like this, if you do not have anything nice to say, please do not say it at all. He was an amazing kid, and could always put a smile on someones face..he will always be remembered <3

[paralegal]

Life is so short to read all the comments it makes you wonder why God even bothered to create us. Either you are a pessimistic jerk or an optimistic fool. There is no happy medium I do know one thing that no parent should ever have to bury their child. My sincere condolesences are extended to the family, friends and all who knew and loved this boy.

[cathy]

pete wrote:

IS IT ME OR ARE THEASE KIDS GETTING STUPED AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF SEVENTEEN? I DONT THINK SCHOOLS ARE DOING THERE PART.

you must be one old bitter miserable person to call "these kids" stupid...and you must be pretty dumb to mispell stupid.

[Respect]

What ever happened to giving a griveing family a little respect? All you people who are judging what he did or as petty as judging his name are ridiculous. We were all 17 at one point, get real and think if it was your child.

[WOODY FROM ST JAMES]

PLAIN & SIMPLE....STAY OFF THE RR TRACKS

[Chuck]

pete wrote:

IS IT ME OR ARE THEASE KIDS GETTING STUPED AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF SEVENTEEN? I DONT THINK SCHOOLS ARE DOING THERE PART.

Are all those spelling mistakes supposed to be a joke, or did you graduate from Floral Park Memorial HS?

[norwest rail]

Respect wrote:

What ever happened to giving a griveing family a little respect? All you people who are judging what he did or as petty as judging his name are ridiculous. We were all 17 at one point, get real and think if it was your child.

Yes the family is suffering from their loss and should be given some respect for this. And we all should think about the actions here, we are the first to be critics of others when something goes wrong and sometimes we have to take a step back and think about some of the irrisponsible things we have done in our adolesence.

those of us that have children, just have to stress harder to ours not to wander near the tracks, for one it is criminal tresspassing and the fact that it is close to as being dangerous if they would walk along the roadway.

flesh against steel, usually you won't survive.

p.s. for those english majors, forgive the spelling errors this morning...

[norwest rail]

irresponsible (sp) due to fat fingers.

probably others....

[TrainTrax]

Hxville wrote:

Engineers, as drivers, need to keep an eye out beyond their scope. It can be tedious just watching the rails but look ahead and move eyes and head around. Has the boy been spotted, perhaps the braking of the train would have happened much earlier.
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Yeah blame the engineer don't blame the kid for trespassing. You would think after all the accidents we had with kids being hit by trains that kids would smarting up about staying off the tracks.

[TrainTrax]

Hxville wrote:

What could these boys be possibly doing on a track at that time of night..

Maybe these are the same kids who were throwing track debris at the houses and schools in Floral Park. Yeah what happened to that investigation Newsday