Uncalled for

Talk about sensationalism. The DomPost (slow off the mark as usual) has a small headline, "Teenagers die racing train".

Yet the NZ Herald, with more detailed coverage quotes an eye witness,

The 20-year-old, who did not want to be named, said he wondered if the driver had slowed to get over a hump at the crossing because the vehicle had lowered suspension.

"She slowed right down, went to go over the tracks, and didn't see the train at all," the contractor said.

There is no suggestion in the Herald piece that the driver had been racing.

When I read the DomPost this morning I thought that it was odd they had given the headline very little priority. Now I know why. It was just supposition. Tacky.