Traffic & Transit
Person Killed By Framingham-Worcester Commuter Rail Train
The Wednesday evening incident caused delays up and down the Framingham-Worcester commuter rail line.
NATICK, MA — A person was hit and killed by a commuter rail train in Natick Wednesday evening, according to transit police.
The incident happened around 5 p.m. behind the Veterans of Foreign Wars post along West Central Street. Police did not immediately give a reason why the person was near the tracks.
The incident caused long delays up and down the Framingham-Worcester commuter rail line on Wednesday night. The MBTA closed down both tracks in the area near where the person was killed. The tracks reopened by about 8 p.m., but lingering backups delayed trains up to two hours after the incident.
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In late May, two people were hit and killed by commuter rail trains in separate incidents.
On May 22, a man was hit and killed while crossing tracks in Hanson early in the morning. Abington resident Katelyn McCarthy, 18, died on May 13 while crossing tracks at the Abington station.
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Transit police did not immediately identify the person killed in Natick Wednesday.
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