MTA Police Seeking Public’s Help Identifying Man Fatally Struck By Lirr Train
The MTA Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a man struck and killed by a train on Long Island last summer.
The incident began around 12:30 a.m., Sunday, July 7, 2019, when the man entered the Baldwin Long Island Rail Road station, said the MTA Police.
According to police, the man can then be seen on video surveillance riding up the escalator at the LIRR station.
A few minutes later, at 12:48 a.m., the man was seen fatally stepping onto the tracks west of the station’s platform, where he was struck by LIRR Train 6000.
No foul play is suspected, police said.
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Identity Released For 20-Year-Old Woman Killed While Walking On Lirr Tracks
Long Island Railroad officials have released the identity of a woman electrocuted by a third-rail track in Freeport.
Kay Bernese-Lopez, 20, of Hempstead, was killed about 6 a.m., Saturday, June 1, while walking with two other women near the tracks in Freeport, said an LIRR spokesman.
Bernese-Lopez was transported to South Nassau Hospital where she was pronounced dead, the spokesman said.
There was no train involved in this incident, she had come into contact with the third rail, he said.
The MTA Police and Long Island Rail Road are investigating what led Bernese-Lopez and the o…
