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    From useapen@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 3 09:08:02 2025
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    ST. LOUIS � A man died after he was struck by a train in St. Louis' Patch neighborhood Saturday evening, a statement from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday afternoon.

    Officers were sent to the scene, near Michigan Avenue and Tesson Street,
    around 7:30 p.m.

    "When they arrived, they observed an adult male laying underneath the
    stopped train," the Sunday statement said. "He died at the scene."

    The train's engineer told police he didn't realize what he saw on the
    tracks ahead was a person until it was too late.

    "The engineer activated the emergency stop brake; however, the train did
    not stop in time and struck the man," the SLMPD statement said. "The
    Medical Examiner�s Office responded and took possession of the body."

    The engineer told police he initially thought that he saw refuse and
    clothes.

    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/person-struck-killed-train/63- 37950093-9f43-4b25-8ee7-ebf7fe0bbd9d?ref=exit-recirc

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to useapen on Mon Feb 3 01:30:41 2025
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    useapen wrote:

    The train's engineer told police he didn't realize what he saw on the
    tracks ahead was a person until it was too late.

    The awful physics is that it always too late. And the engineer
    goes feeling like a killer.

    "The engineer activated the emergency stop brake; however, the train did
    not stop in time and struck the man," the SLMPD statement said. "The
    Medical Examiner’s Office responded and took possession of the body."

    The car jolts as the wheels cut the bones. It is unsettling.

    <https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/woman-dies-after-hurling-self-son-in-front-of-2996654.php>

    1998-08-15 04:00:00 PDT SANTA CLARA -- A pregnant mother threw
    herself and her 3-year-old son in front of an oncoming passenger
    train at the Santa Clara Caltrain station yesterday, killing
    herself and severely injuring her son as dozens of commuters
    watched in horror.

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