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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 22 July 2015 - 08:27 AM

Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, 7/21/15:

 


Runaway rail car might have been tampered with

 

Officials are investigating whether a parked rail car was tampered with when it was set in motion and careened through the city before causing structural damage at Utica's Union Station.

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Posted 28 July 2015 - 06:17 AM

Time Warner Cable News, Central NY, 7/27:
 

 

Utica Police Chief: 13-Year-Old Boy Responsible for Freight Train Crash, Could Face Charges

 

UTICA, N.Y. -- Police are closing the investigation into a runaway freight car in Utica. 

 

Last week, the train car, which was parked near the Susuquehanna Railroad Station, broke loose, causing a minor car accident and colliding with an intique locomotive, damaging Union Station. 

 

Police said a 13-year-old boy was playing on and around the freight car. The boy told police it was an accident. 

 

Police officials said they plan to speak with CSX Railroad and the Susquehanna Railroad about the incident. 

 

"We plan on having an after-action meeting to discuss what's going to go on in the future. In addition to this we've also received notification there will be a federal investigation regarding how this train was set in motion," Utica Police Chief Mark Williams said.

 

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Posted 01 August 2015 - 05:15 PM

The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY 7/31:

 

Passengers flee as 132-ton freight car crashes at Utica train station (video)

 

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Utica, N.Y. -- Authorities today released video of a freight train car crashing into Union Station July 21.

 

Only one minor injury was reported in the accident, which damaged historic Union Station in downtown Utica. The video shows about a dozen passengers waiting in the late afternoon sun -- one woman is sitting in the grass -- and then suddenly fleeing as smoke and dust fly into the air around them.

 

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