Bristol Borough police officers jumped into action Monday to remove a “despondent” woman from the rail tracks used by SEPTA and Amtrak.
Officers were dispatched to the railroad overpass at Beaver Street and spotted the woman walking southbound on the track with a concerned citizen nearby pleading with her to get off the rails, police said.
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At the Corson Street overpass, officers went on the tracks and attempted to reach the upset woman.
Officer Ritchie Webb was able to physically remove the woman from the track moments before a SEPTA train came by. Within a minute of the Regional Rail train, a high-speed Amtrak Acela train heading toward Trenton zipped by.
Police said they escorted the woman from the tracks and transported her to Lower Bucks Hospital for evaluation.
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