Metro-North Train Strikes, Kills Person On Track South Of Beacon

BEACON, NY — A person was killed Thursday by a Metro-North train south of the Beacon station on the Hudson Line. A spokeswoman for the railroad said the incident was neither accidental nor criminal.

The train which struck the unidentified victim around 12:24 p.m., and multiple trains were canceled or delayed because of the incident, the Poughkeepsie Journal said.

For more, read the Poughkeepsie Journal here.

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