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2 men killed in separate Connecticut rail accidents

Associated Press

Publication: theday.com

Published 10/18/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 10/18/2012 09:54 AM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two men have been killed in separate train accidents in Connecticut.The Greenwich Time reports (http://bit.ly/TxygfL ) that Greenwich police say an unidentified man died after he was struck by a Metro-North Railroad train in Greenwich on Wednesday evening.A Metro-North spokesman said the man was hit by a train heading to New Haven. All four tracks were shut, causing delays.Separately, an unidentified pedestrian was struck and killed on Wednesday by a freight train in Enfield.Amtrak halted service on the New Haven-Springfield line. Amtrak owns the tracks, but does not operate the freight train.

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