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Conductor struck and killed by train

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By 6abc
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA - September 24, 2008 The Action Cam was at a train trestle over 70th Street and the Cobbs Creek Parkway early this morning.

Police say a CSX conductor was locking down his train for the night. Another train came by, and knocked the conductor beneath his own train.

Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Authorities halted traffic on the freight lines while police investigated.


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