Train hits, kills person in suburban Philadelphia
A person has been killed by a train in suburban Philadelphia.
The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday near the Fernwood-Yeadon Station on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Media-Elwyn Line in Delaware County.
Authorities didn’t immediately identify the victim or say how the accident happened.
Nearly 100 passengers were transferred from the train to SEPTA buses.
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