- A 20-year-old University of Illinois student had her right foot severed in a freak accident early Saturday.
Champaign police Sgt. Dennis Baltzell said the woman and a 20-year-old man, also a UI student, were on a train spray-painting graffiti on a box car when the train moved just before 5 a.m.
They both tried to jump clear of the train but according to Baltzell, the woman didn't jump far enough away and the train ran over her foot.
[...] The woman was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital for surgery, where she was listed in fair condition.Baltzell said she and the man listed home addresses in Chicago.
The words "freak accident" imply some sort of unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally. We'd say that criminal trespass to railroad property along with the physical defacement of the train itself is completely intentional, and any injuries suffered as a result can't really be "unexpected."