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Deaths Along The Tracks Highlighted In Inquirer Report

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Tom Sofield
Friends and family wait for word on Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Friends and family wait in summer 2011 for word on whether the person struck by a train was Julio Medina.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

A group of upset men and women sat along Hulmeville Road in Middletown on a late summer 2011 night. Their cries echoed through the thick air that was tinged with a slight smell of exhaust from all of the emergency trucks.

A few steps away on the West Trenton Line rail tracks, first responders worked to move the body of their loved one, 22-year-old Julio Medina, who was struck by a train and killed. A couple of friends and family members told a reporter they were tasked with identifying Medina’s body.

Police at the scene of the 2011 struck pedestrian incident along the West Trenton Line. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Police at the scene of the 2011 struck pedestrian incident along the West Trenton Line.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
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Medina, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, was one of 187 people killed since 1997 by trains in the eight-county region.

The article by reporter Ben Finley highlights several recent deaths along the West Trenton Line tracks and talks about possible solutions.

Recently, SEPTA installed suicide-prevention signs at its stations. At an event in Langhorne, officials said SEPTA began to roll out the signs in September across it’s regional rail, subway and trolley stations in the region.

Click here to read the full article from the Inquirer

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.