RE: 911:: PA Train Homicide

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In a message dated 4/21/00 1:13:49 PM Central Daylight Time,

BarryFurey@... writes:

<< CNN and the AP are carrying a story about a suspect who reportedly pushed

his

ex's car in front of an oncoming train. One of the victims was reportedly on

her cell phone to 9-1-1 when the car was hit. He is being held on four

counts

of homicide (his ex and child & her girlfriend and child.) My condolences to

both the families of the victims and to the TC handling the call. It could

not have been pretty.

>>

My condolences also...That had to have been a horrifying 9-1-1 call, I

couldn't even imagine.

Sorry, for saying this, but they should just shoot the guy and save alot of

money, or better yet, put him in a car, and push him in front of a train

going 70mph..

jamie in iowa

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In a message dated 04/21/2000 11:13:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

BarryFurey@... writes:

> CNN and the AP are carrying a story about a suspect who reportedly pushed

his

> > ex's car in front of an oncoming train. ....

Here's the news off of ENN (www.emergency.com). Admittedly a critical

incident for the dispatcher on the other end of the call - my condolences and

sympathy as well:

PENNSYLVANIA

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Police Look For Suspect Who Pushed Car Into Path

Of Train

A woman being chased by her estranged boyfriend and

three others in her car were killed when witnesses

said the boyfriend used his car to push hers into

the path of an oncoming freight train. Police said

the woman made a frantic 911 call on her cellular

phone and was talking to a dispatcher when her car

was struck by the train. Police are still looking

for the man. His car was reportedly found late

Thursday in Reading, Pennsylvania, five miles

from the scene of the crime.

The crash happened at about 1630 EDT Thursday

at a crossing on the main thoroughfare in Sinking

Spring, a town of about 2,400 people 50 miles

northwest of Philadelphia. It followed a 30

minute chase in and around town that reached

speeds up to 90 mph.

The fleeing 20-year-old woman went around a car

that was parked at a train crossing -- the gates

were down because of the oncoming train -- and

then stopped in the oncoming traffic lane. The

second vehicle came up behind her and struck her

in the rear. The second vehicle then pushed the

first vehicle onto the tracks. The Norfolk

Southern freight train was going about 40 mph

at the time of the collision. The train dragged

the woman's car nearly 60 feet before stopping.

The woman and her 2-year-old son were pronounced

dead at the scene. Another woman in her 20s and

a girl about 6-years-old died after being taken

to hospitals.