They’re making a big deal here out of the fact that these two women were deaf and that’s likely why this happened, but personally I feel like the standing on train tracks taking pictures and not paying attention thing might have had more to do with it. Your ears may not work, but as long as your eyes and your brain do, you should know better. If the answer to the one question you must ask yourself at a time like this is no, I am not a train, then you should not be finding yourself on the tracks for a moment longer than necessary.
Members of Montreal’s deaf community are in shock and saddened after two women were struck and killed by a train in Portugal.
Guylaine Boulanger, 62, and Elise Bénard, 66, are hearing impaired and were taking pictures near a river on Saturday near Baqueiros station in Mesao Frio, about 80 kilometres east of Porto.
The Portugal Resident reported that the train conductor blew his horn when he saw the two women on the tracks and applied the brakes, but was unable to stop in time.
The report adds that the two women were with two others, who were not injured, and were taking photos when they were hit.