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Metro-North Traintop Stowaway Electrocuted, Catches Fire, Lives!

January 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

OK, here is one for the record books.
Yesterday Ricardo Chavez, 37, for reasons unknown to anyone so far, was riding on top of a Stamford-bound Metro-North train.
Around the time the train was approaching Pelham station, power was switched from the third rail to the train’s overhead catenary lines, delivering over 11,000 volts of electricity to [...]

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Tags: Metro-North · Safety and Accidents