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Friday, February 8, 2013

Man Killed by Train is 20-Year-Old Ardsley Man, Police Say

The incident appears to be an accident, according to police.

  Abington Police Deputy Chief John Livingood said today that the man who was struck by a Lansdale-Doylestown regional rail train at the North Hills train station was a 20-year-old man from Ardsley. According to Abington Police, the man entered the track area and tried to cross the fence separating the tracks at the station. When the victim saw the westbound train, he attempted to return to the platform. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. “All indications are that this was an accident, but a follow-up investigation will be done by SEPTA Police and the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office,” Livingood said in a press release. -- Initial post below: -- A man apparently died at the North Hills train station Thursday night. Abington and…

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4:08 am on Monday, February 18, 2013

So your father teach you to drive like a idiot with no brakes or steering like railroad drivers do?   more ›

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Man Killed at North Hills Train Station

There are few details, but a SEPTA representative confirmed that a man died at the station Thursday night.

A man apparently died at the North Hills train station Thursday night. Abington and SEPTA police, and EMS staff were on the scene at the train station in the North Hills section of Abington. A SEPTA representative said the man—who has not yet been identified—was struck by a train at about 6:15 p.m. “A man was killed by a Lansdale-Doylestown regional rail train coming from Center City and heading toward Doylestown,” Andrew Busch, a spokesman for SEPTA said. A white sheet covered the man, who was laying several feet from the northbound tracks; there were several puddles of blood on the platform. The body was loaded into a Montgomery County Coroner’s van at about 8:15 p.m. The coroner and a SEPTA Police Lieutenant both declined to comment. …

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