Crime & Safetyscore 114·2 metrosupdated 5m ago
Boy struck, killed by freight train in Northeast Philly, police say
An investigation was underway overnight after, officials said, a boy was struck and killed by a freight train while walking along tracks in the Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia late Monday. According to police, the incident happened at about 11:30 p.m., when a boy — who police d
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