20-Year-Old Ardsley Man Killed by Train
The incident appears to be an accident, according to police.
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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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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Update: 16-Year-Old Struck By SEPTA train
Taken to Abington Memorial Hospital following accident near Ardsley Station
Update 5:15 p.m. According to Abington Deputy Chief John Livingood a 16-year-old boy was struck by a SEPTA Warminster Line train about 1,000 feet south of the Ardsley train station. The boy was walking north, or in the same direction, as outbound trains on what he apparently thought were the inbound-only tracks. He was wearing headphones and listening to music. Because of work being done on the rail system, the normal outbound tracks were not being used, and all trains going both directions were using the normally-inbound tracks. The train that struck him was outbound and approached him from behind. The engineer saw the victim and began to blow the horn, but the youth continued to walk along, either not hearing the horn because of the …
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Gwynne D'Amico
7:46 am on Thursday, September 13, 2012
No one should ever be walking the tracks. It's so dangerous! I live directly in front of where the accident happened. My kids did the same thing, no matter how many times I told them not to. I pray my neighbor's son comes through this alright. They are a wonderful family. By the way, the trains are running on both rails this morning. I just watched two trains pass each other, so I'm not sure how … more ›
BP
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 ›