A Lower Makefield woman was killed when she was struck by a train Sunday.
The 63-year-old woman was struck and killed by a southbound SEPTA train on the West Trenton Regional Rail Line between Woodbourne Road and Township Line Road in Middletown just after 5 p.m.
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About 11 passengers were on the train and were removed through a swampy portion of the woods along the track off Big Oak Road, Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company Chief Frank Farry said.
Patrol officers and detectives determined that the woman’s death was a suicide, police said.
Middletown patrol officers were on the scene within one minute.
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SEPTA Transit Police and their detectives assisted at the scene.
The West Trenton Regional Rail Line was impacted by the incident Sunday evening.
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