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ID Released For Teen Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train In Westchester
A Valhalla teen has been identified as the young man struck and killed by a Metro-North train in Valhalla just north of Commerce Street, according to the MTA.
Aaron Dannenbring, 19, was on the tracks around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck by the northbound train, said MTA Spokeswoman Nancy Gamerman.
The incident was not an accident, and no criminality was involved, she added.
There were about 200 passengers on the train at the time, no one was injured.
Service was temporarily suspended between North White Plains and Pleasantville until about 12:45 a.m., with trains, single tracking …
State Gets Power To Identify, Fix Dangerous Railroad Crossings
MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. -- State Sen. David Carlucci, whose just-signed law allows for a comprehensive review of rail crossings, appeared Thursday at the site of a deadly train-car collision in Valhalla.
Carlucci, D-Rockland/Westchester, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the rail safety bill into law Monday.
The bill was sponsored in the Assembly by Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, D- Greenburgh/Mt. Pleasant.
Under the new legislation, the state will, after taking stock of dangerous crossings and reviewing their traffic and pedestrian warning signals, be able to fix them, Carlucci said.
“As our rail in…
