[RP TownTalk] Speaking of trains.....

[Maureen Farrington]

Hi everyone, I was a good friend of Brad's.

He walked those train tracks a thousand times, it was a straight walk from
his house to his girlfriend's.  He actually met his girlfriend at the
Riverdale Farmer's market, and despite being a University Park boy, he had
grown fond of our little town.  I don't think I can begin to write here to
describe what an amazing man he was.

Brad's mother requested Bradford Pears at the wake, and I asked Vern for
help, and the town just dropped off a massive bucket of beautiful fresh
clippings.  I know this will give her some comfort.

Here is a link to a picture of him at my wedding; that's Alan and Sarah
blurry in the background.

http://twitpic.com/4fs30o

-m

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>wrote:

> Wow. That is sad, troublesome, and fascinating at the same time.  Sad that
> someone lost their life in that manner.
>
> Troublesome that it took 5 days for the news to percolate to the surface
> here.  Though I do see that it was in the Patch recently - my bad for not
> perusing my daily Patch brief!
> http://riverdalepark.patch.com/articles/pedestrian-fatally-struck-by-train
>
> And reading on further in the Patch, I see that the accident apparently
> took place not at the crossing on Queensbury (which would be difficult to
> imagine how it could happen), but a bit south from there. Melissa Avery's
> very interesting article fills in the background on the exact spot, which i
> just learned is known as Blundon's Crossing:
> http://riverdalepark.patch.com/articles/the-tale-of-blundons-crossing
>
> And fascinating that there is a branch of law for railroad crossing
> accidents?!?!? The page Nina linked us to is for a law firm that bills
> itself as "Railroad Crossing Lawyer"!
>
> Here's the WCBS blurb that DressenLaw.com picked up:
>
> http://wusa9.com/news/article/144319/44/Man-Struck-And-Killed-By-Train-In-Riverdale
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Nina Faye <ns_faye at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://dreesenlaw.com/railroad-news/2011/04/man-struck-and-killed-by-railroad-accident-in-riverdale/
>>
>>
>> --- On *Tue, 4/5/11, Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Dwight Holmes <dwightrholmes at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Speaking of trains.....
>> To: "Sue Collins" <wheadle at yahoo.com>
>>
>> Cc: TownTalk at riverdale-park.org
>> Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 2:31 PM
>>
>>
>> Really? When was that? First I've heard of it.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Sue Collins <wheadle at yahoo.com<http://us.mc1620.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wheadle@yahoo.com>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> I saw a VERY little news item last week about a man who'd apparently hit
>> by a
>> train at the Queensbury Road crossing.  Didn't hear any more about it
>> after
>> that.  Does anyone know if the police found out the circumstances, who the
>> poor
>> man was, etc?  Very sad that someone dies in such a manner and it barely
>> rates a
>> passing mention on the news, huh?
>>
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