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Drunken Alberta man survives after he’s run over by 26 rail cars A drunken Alberta man who passed out on the train tracks was somehow uninjured after being run over by a train on Sunday evening.The man, from Crowsnest Pass, Alta., was spotted between the rails just outside of Elko in southeast British Columbia by the Canadian Pacific train conductor who sounded the horn and hit the emergency brakes.“The guy seemed to wake up and he got up, grabbed his beer and headed on his way,” said RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk. (Photo: The Canadian Press/Files)

Drunken Alberta man survives after he’s run over by 26 rail cars
A drunken Alberta man who passed out on the train tracks was somehow uninjured after being run over by a train on Sunday evening.

The man, from Crowsnest Pass, Alta., was spotted between the rails just outside of Elko in southeast British Columbia by the Canadian Pacific train conductor who sounded the horn and hit the emergency brakes.

“The guy seemed to wake up and he got up, grabbed his beer and headed on his way,” said RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk. (Photo: The Canadian Press/Files)

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  4. thatkidwiththewolfhat reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    “Wheres my beer Eh?”
  5. summeromegadeth reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    Peter Feld had this in the drafts, no fucking clue why.
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  9. sunshinesounds reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    Only in Canada.
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  11. searchingseekingandreaching reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    That is one lucky bastard.
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  16. youswim reblogged this from pineapplesituation and added:
    WHAT THE FUCK. Albertans, I tell you. Motherfucking resilient.
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  19. thenelsontwins reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    Grabbed his beer and headed on his way. Bob and Doug would be proud of this of this fine Canadian’s alcoholism and his...
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  21. coffeeisblack reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    Holy crap!!
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  23. paranoid-metroid reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    wut
  24. ganjarr reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    They kid themselves when they say it’s easy to take a life but difficult to make one.
  25. lifeaquatic reblogged this from summeromegadeth and added:
    Canadians Do It Better
  26. jaimeleigh reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    It is important to note that I, too, am from the Crowsnest Pass. I am literally dying to find out who this dude was. And...
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  28. nicciiccin reblogged this from nationalpost and added:
    Only in AB, only in AB. Or maybe NFLD. That would also be a believable story.
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