News: Teen Killed by Train During Photoshoot

James Maslow

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John DeReggi, 16, and his girlfriend wanted to get their pictures taken at a picturesque spot near their homes in Boyds, Md. It was near railroad tracks. Lots of kids have been getting their photos made there.

“I love you,” he told his mom, Christine, as he left his home Monday afternoon, the words he always said as he left. Just 20 minutes later, Christine DeReggi’s phone beeped. It was her son’s girlfriend. “John got hit by the train!” she screamed.

Christine DeReggi drove less than a half-mile, got out of her car, and saw several people tending to someone.“I ran down the tracks and found him,” she said.

According to Montgomery County police, a northbound Amtrak train struck John DeReggi just before 5 p.m. Monday in the community of Boyds, about 25 miles northwest of the District.

Investigators were still trying to learn precisely what DeReggi did in the moments before he was struck. According to his friends and family members, he went there with his girlfriend, Natalie Crim, and Natalie’s twin sister, who planned to use at least one of the photos as part of a school assignment.

When the train came, according to the friends and family, the girls went in one direction and DeReggi tried to go in the other, but he didn’t get out of the way in time. One thing seems clear: The train, estimated to be traveling at more than 70 miles an hour, was moving much faster than he realized.

Several factors could have been in play. Trains are quieter than people think; their size makes them look slower; if they’re coming right at you, gauging speed is difficult. “There’s very little clicketyclack. They can really sneak up on you,” said Robert Halstead, president of IronWood Technologies, a firm that reconstructs train accidents.

Francke said many people underestimate the sound and speed of trains. “A train in real life is different than what is often portrayed on TV and in the movies,” he said.

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One of the pics from the photoshoot:

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est in paradise john👼🏼 you know I'm right around the corner. I love you so much❤️

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So sad, rest in peace.

Roman Holiday

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Trains are quieter than people think; their size makes them look slower; if they’re coming right at you, gauging speed is difficult. “There’s very little clicketyclack. They can really sneak up on you,”

Bull-****

There has to be some reason they didn't notice a ****ing locomotive headed there way. RIP to the kid.

pxxxtrick

This is so sad.

Givenchy

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Originally posted by #JC

One of the pics from the photoshoot:

Rip. I have real tears, this is heartbreaking.

Mezik

Kind of seems fishy to me.. But RIP.

SimpleKindofLife

RainDreamer

Ugh thats sad .

This is the reason why i'm paranoid about things like this. You never know what might happen, so i always stay away.

LyonH

Rip bro ... gone too soon.

That being said, how didnt they notice a train was coming?

His poor Parents.

Angelo

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Originally posted by Mezik

Kind of seems fishy to me.. But RIP.

Better call Olivia Pope & her associates.

Prayers to the victim and his relatives.

Tylerbv

rest in peace

Mr.Rager

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Originally posted by Roman Holiday

Bull-****

There has to be some reason they didn't notice a ****ing locomotive headed there way. RIP to the kid.

seriously! probs high imo.

Nightingale

RIP. I don't think drugs or anything fishy happened since the article says the guy left his house and everything happened in less than 20 minutes. And there's obviously pictures to show that they were indeed having a photoshoot. It is really strange though that he couldn't move a few feet when he saw a train coming. I guess he froze?

He's really cute too.

Mr. Wonder

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Originally posted by Roman Holiday

Bull-****

There has to be some reason they didn't notice a ****ing locomotive headed there way. RIP to the kid.

Right. A locomotive doesn't just sneak up on you.

vamp

The driver must be really ****ed up. Couldn't he at least slow down or honk? I bet he gets his jollies off of striking animals crossing the tracks and thought he'd do the same to this poor kid.

James Maslow

This is an issue that has been widely discussed in the amateur photography world, even going anywhere near train tracks without the proper permissions is illegal in many countires and it's because people falsely assume the moment they see a train they'll have enough time to get out of the way, which evidently is not always the case.

There's also been another case (earlier this year, I think) of a camera woman who failed to move out of the train tracks while filming a big prouction and unfortunately she died as well.

Callum

Why are we questioning why he didn't get out of the way in time instead of criticising the fact that he, like so many other idiots nowadays, didn't take into account the dangers of being on train tracks to begin with? Just because he died doesn't mean he's any less stupid or that he's any less at fault.

QueenBLadyG

I laugh at people who think they are in such "deep love" at such a young age. Doing way too much by participating in a photoshoot out of a high school relationship that will probably be over by next year. Especially thinking it's smart to take pictures on a train track that isn't closed.

Daydream

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Originally posted by vamp

The driver must be really ****ed up. Couldn't he at least slow down or honk? I bet he gets his jollies off of striking animals crossing the tracks and thought he'd do the same to this poor kid.

This post is so DUMB.

Badger

Natural selection yet again. You'd think people wouldn't be dumb enough to play on train tracks but here we are.

qurl

some of the posts in here are a complete mess tbh

maybe the girlfriend pushed him, that's what it kinda looks like from the picture anyway and also why post a picture from the photoshoot where your boyfriend died??? that kinda seems like morbid AF