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Another person struck, killed by commuter-rail train north of Boston

By adamg on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 8:57am

UPDATE: Sounds like suicide by train - Martin Clinton was at the station and saw the person jump.

This time, in Winchester, Channel 25 reports. The Lowell line is, of course, now experiencing major delays.

On Monday, a boy, 13, was struck and killed by a train while walking on the tracks.

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By Ron Newman on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 9:03am.

MBTA.com says "medical emergency in Winchester"

By adamg on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 9:07am.

Fixed, thanks.

By anon on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 9:26am.

Appears to be suicide. The first Tweet about it was from someone on the platform at Winchester who saw the guy jump right in front of him.

http://twitter.com/martinclinton

(if there is away to link to the specific tweets and not the guy's entire twitter page, then feel free to edit link)

By Ron Newman on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 9:58am.

If you click on the time under the tweet (e.g. '34 minutes ago') that takes you to a page containing just that single tweet.

By adamg on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 10:02am.

Because he reports on the incident in more than one tweet.

By Ron Newman on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 10:15am.

e.g. "all tweets by @foo posted on 4/20/2010" or "all tweets tagged #mbta between 10 am and 2 pm" ?

By eekanotloggedin on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:02pm.

Please provide, in plain ASCII format, the stegosauragraphic output of the Twitter feed herein.

By Ron Newman on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 10:26am.

Train hits, kills man at Winchester Station

He was hit by a train from Haverhill which passed through the Winchester station without stopping there.

My recollection is that passengers cannot cross the tracks at this station -- there is a barrier fence between the inbound and outbound tracks, which are reached by separate stairways and ramps.

By Brett on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 1:28pm.

I'm sure the guy's family will love to see him described as "meat."

By anon on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 4:47pm.

Martin might not have been thinking that his tweet would be read by more than just his usual circle of followers. And he did witness it first hand, which probably was very traumatic.
(Note: I am not Martin, nor do I now him, I am only guessing)