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Tullytown police have identified the woman struck and killed by a train Thursday evening.
Judith Winiarski, 56, of Levittown, was killed when she walked into the side of a SEPTA train as it passed through the Levittown Regional Rail Station. The 56-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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Chief of Police Daniel Doyle said Winiarski’s death has been determined to be a suicide. He added that evidence pointed police toward that conclusion.
The striking SEPTA train, which was initially reported to belong to Amtrak, was heading from Trenton into Philadelphia. Winiarski walked into the side of the train around 7:20 p.m.
The incident stopped service on SEPTA’s Trenton Line and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor while emergency crews worked the scene.
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Passengers on a SEPTA train headed to Trenton were let off at Bristol and were able to board a bus to complete their journey, an official said.
In August 2015, 27-year-old George Redner III of Levittown committed suicide at the station. The local first responder was remembered at a large funeral just down the street from the station.
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SEPTA has worked over the years to try to prevent suicides along the tracks. They have offered training courses to the first responders, held safety blitzes at area stations and installed signs with the number to a suicide prevention hotline along the tracks.
