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Amtrak train strikes, kills person in Connecticut
WCVB-TV ^ | May 09, 2014

Posted on 05/09/2014 9:42:41 PM PDT by george76

Amtrak train en route from Boston to Washington.

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It was the second accident involving an Amtrak train in Connecticut this week. An Amtrak Acela Express struck and killed a man in Groton on Monday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: District of Columbia; US: Massachusetts; US: New Jersey; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: amtrak; highspeedrail; highspeedtrain; highspeedtrains; rail
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To: george76

RIP.


21 posted on 05/10/2014 10:59:20 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Mastador1

Was the person even close to the tracks or did the train entice him to edge closer and then strike him? Was the train visible to everyone or was it a stealth train silently attacking the unaware?

Is it cold to write a headline say, “ Idiot gets last wish as he walked on the train tracks”?


22 posted on 05/10/2014 11:20:03 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Darksheare

Those trains always attack innocent people unexpectedly

:)


23 posted on 05/10/2014 11:31:44 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

They are effective ambush predators!


24 posted on 05/10/2014 12:21:10 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: B4Ranch
Is it cold to write a headline say, “ Idiot gets last wish as he walked on the train tracks”?

It's the first thing they would think of if the deceased was a Conservative.

25 posted on 05/10/2014 3:25:23 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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