He changed his mind and bolted from the Jeep apparently. Maybe this could be a "be careful what you wish for" thing. They'll not get first degree murder for this, since he didn't intend his act to kill anyone but him. Without first degree murder, I'm seriously doubting he'd even get life in California.

Premeditation is the big factor in cases like this. They'll show that he had no way of knowing that the two other trains would have been involved, and that people do it all the time and no one but them gets killed. And that's ignoring the fact they'll say he is nuts for wanting to kill himself in the first place.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with you.  Maybe next time the idiot can jump off a bridge as you cant change your mind on the way down, and no one mourns for dead fish.

Given some of the responses on another article I wrote, I think they would!  {{{{shudder}}}}