Woman Struck by VRE Train Could Face Criminal Charges
The woman suffered minor injuries after the commuter train struck her in Manassas.
A woman struck by a passing commuter train on Friday will likely face trespassing charges, because she and her companion were walking on the rails, Manassas Police said. It happened Friday afternoon on the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line, near the Liberia Avenue overpass, according to Manassas Police Sgt. Lowell Nevill. The conductor of the train noticed a man and a woman walking on the tracks, so he slowed the train and sounded the horn, Nevill said. "They stepped to the side, but not far enough," Nevill said. The woman's backpack got caught on a part of the train, spinning her around and causing her to fall, investigators said. She suffered injuries to her arm and was taken to Fairfax Hospital for evaluation. Her injuries were …
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