Crime & Safety

Woman Struck By Train On SEPTA's Media/Wawa Line: Officials

A train engineer saw her and applied the emergency breaks, but there wasn't enough time to prevent the collision, officials said.

A  Regional Rail train struck and hospitalized a woman Thursday night in Delaware County, according to SEPTA officials.
A Regional Rail train struck and hospitalized a woman Thursday night in Delaware County, according to SEPTA officials. (June Bakan/Patch)

SECANE, PA — A Regional Rail train struck and injured a woman Thursday night in Delaware County, according to SEPTA officials.

The woman got onto the tracks at around 11 p.m. near Secane Station on the Media/Wawa Line.

A train engineer saw her and applied the emergency breaks. But there wasn't enough time to stop the train before the collision, officials said.

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An ambulance took the woman to the hospital. Her condition wasn't immediately available.

An investigation is ongoing.

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