Crime & Safety

Report: Fatal Train Accident in Groton

The accident occurred after 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Amtrak police are investigating a fatal train accident that occurred in Groton late Wednesday evening near Depot Road, the New London Day reports.

A person was struck on the train tracks and as of 10 p.m. train activity remains halted, the Day reports.

This is the second time today that a person has been killed on the train tracks in Connecticut. An earlier fatality occurred in Fairfield Wednesday afternoon.

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