Man hit and killed by commuter-rail train; second such death this week

By adamg on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 10:00am

Transit Police report a man on the Rockport Line tracks in Gloucester was hit and killed by a train around 6:20 a.m. Foul play is not suspected, police say.

On Monday, another man was hit and killed by a Fitchburg Line train.

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The T

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Commuter rail

Rockport Line

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Comments

Seems to be an epidemic

By markk on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:00pm.

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/person-hit-fairmount-line-train-hyde-park

https://www.universalhub.com/2019/man-struck-and-killed-outbound-worcest...

And that's only recent months. There are probably more here that my searches didn't turn up.

Goddamned trains, sneaking up on people

By rfw on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 4:11pm.

They should make them wear a bell or something.

Being familiar with the area,

By anon on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 9:40pm.

Being familiar with the area, that train doesn't go through there much faster than walking speed.

I suppose they'll have to consider the pedestrians intent or impairments.
Maybe he or she just had unrealistic expectations of how quickly the train can stop at slow speeds and expected to cross in front of it.

The T will be shelling out a fortune for counselors for the engineers the last week or so, and having to backfill their positions can't be cheap. That's got to be an emotional roller coaster for them.

How many

By Anon on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 6:11pm.

How many people have to die before we decide to install fences along the tracks?