The incident took place at about 19 hours in Fremont, near Lake Erie, between Toledo and Cleveland, Wtol-TV reported. It was said that several passengers were affected, causing two fatalities, while another person is missing
A tragic train incident north of Ohio, a area that recently saw that a teenager’s lacrosse player died in a freak accidentOn Sunday evening, he caused two fatalities and at least one missing person after several pedestrians were affected, according to authorities. The calamity was deployed around 19 hours in Fremont, Located near Lake Erie between Toledo and ClevelandAccording to Wtol-TV.
Fremont’s mayor, Danny Sanchez, confirmed the degreing loss of two lives. Emergency teams were looking for the Sandusky river near the Miles Newton bridge in search of at least one individual, according to a television broadcaster report. Later, the bridge was closed by the authorities.
Freemont police published a statement about X, announcing the bridge closure and advised the public to leave the area. There were multiple police agencies on the scene. The news comes as the Last large -profile trains incident in the United States after the New Jersey traffic strike.
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A witness, David Tucker III, 20, was fishing in the area and heard the train approach. When the train approached, he continued to make the horn, and finally, the engineer simply pressed and retained him, recalled Mr. Tucker, according to New York Times.
At that time, the 20 -year -old claims to have seen four or five people “fall directly into the water”, from the train traffic. Tucker estimated the fall to 20 feet.
He said he could only drift his feet by the river. Mr. Tucker called on 911 at 19:25 his father, David Tucker Jr., who had just returned from work, also mentioned listening to the train’s horn.
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He said, “I looked at the rear window and saw people in panic,” before adding that I could hear the train “crush their brakes”.
He quickly called his son, knowing that he had gone fishing by the river.
The Tuckers said that individuals seemed to walk on the train bar to reach the opposite shore.
They said that a sign was published there without not stepping.
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