Crime & Safety
Woman Hit By Train On Lansdale Line Committed Suicide, Coroner Says
Sunday's train death was ruled a suicide by the Montgomery County Coroner.
The woman who was killed by a SEPTA train in Ambler on Sunday morning committed suicide, according to a report in The Intelligencer.
Police identified the Ambler woman as 48-year-old Nancy Berry, the report states.
A suicide note was found in the woman’s care, according to the report.
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Berry was struck by the train just north of the Ambler station near the intersection of Mt. Pleasant and Railroad Avenues at about 11:10 a.m. Sunday, according to SEPTA.
The train blew its horn and attempted to apply emergency brakes but was unsuccessful.
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The incident caused service to be suspended for several hours on Sunday afternoon between Doylestown and Glenside.
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