MEC&F Expert Engineers : TRAIN HITS, KILLS 16-YEAR-OLD BOY. MOST LIKELY HE COMMITTED SUICIDE BY TRAIN.

Friday, March 13, 2015

TRAIN HITS, KILLS 16-YEAR-OLD BOY. MOST LIKELY HE COMMITTED SUICIDE BY TRAIN.










MARCH 13, 2015

LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA

A freight train hit and killed a 16-year-old boy Friday morning in Lebanon.

The incident happened shortly before 7 a.m. at the railroad crossing on N 7th Street.

"Preliminary investigation determined that a westbound train struck the pedestrian as he crossed the tracks north to south. A witness indicated that the warning gates were operational and the pedestrian was struck as he ran across the tracks," a Lebanon City police news release states.

Police have not released the victim's name. He was a student in the Lebanon School District.

There were two Norfolk Southern crew members aboard the train, which was headed to Harrisburg. Neither employee was injured.

Norfolk Southern crews tested the train signals at the crossing after the accident, which is standard procedure.

The accident, along with a house fire from earlier in the morning, led to the closure of Route 422 between 15th and 5th avenues in Lebanon for several hours.

Police are looking for additional witnesses. If you saw something, you are asked to contact the Lebanon City Police Department at 717-272-6611.

This is an obvious case of suicide by train.  They have been happening all over the US.  It has been a harsh, very harsh winter in the mid-Atlantic and northeast and some people have reached their limits and they crack.