Newark, Delaware trains continue to injure, kill pedestrians

In January 2005, a 33-year-old man was hit by a train behind the Deer Park tavern.

It was the second time he had been hit by a train in Newark.

The incredibly lucky man is still alive.

Just two weeks ago a UD student was hit by a train.

The student, who was walking along the tracks, suffered serious injuries, but lived.

Others haven't been as fortunate.

In September 2004, a UD freshman was killed on the trestle over Chapel Street near Cleveland Avenue walking home from a fraternity party.

Just this past Friday, a man was hit and killed by a train near the Deer Park.

The man was leaving the Deer Park and trying to cross the tracks to get to his car.

He ignored warning gates that had already gone down.

Not surprisingly, alcohol has been cited as a factor in several of these incidents.
So many people are being struck and either injured or killed by trains that Mayor Vance A. Funk III is considering diverting the trains away from Newark.


In other words, if the trains won't stop hitting people, the trains need to go.

No word on whether the mayor will embrace a more practical solution: Urging pedestrians to obey railroad warnings and reminding citizens to cross at designated locations only.

Link: Train incidents a worry in Newark

Link: Man killed trying to cross tracks

Link: UD student struck by train in Newark

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