Crime & Safety
Man Walked Into Oncoming Downeaster Train in NH, Authorities Say
The fatal crash happened Friday.
A man walked into the path of an oncoming Downeaster train in Plaistow Friday and was killed, authorities said.
The crash happened in a hard-to-reach wooded area behind a Walmart near Route 125, according to Plaistow police. The train involved was No. 684, which left Portland, Maine at 12:45 p.m. The train hit the man in between the Exeter, N.H., and Haverhill stops.
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Police told WMUR a middle-aged man walked into the path of the train.
The man has not yet been identified.
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