1 Dead After Climbing on Top of Train, Coming Into Contact with Electrified Overhead Wires at Southport Station

New Haven Man ID'd As Victim Electrocuted Atop Metro-North Train In Fairfield

The incident occurred near the Southport Train Station Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.

1 dead after climbing on top of train, coming into contact with electrified overhead wires at Southport station

SOUTHPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — One person is dead after climbing on top of a train and coming into contact with electrified overhead wires at the Southport Metro-North train station on Thursday afternoon, police said. According to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Police Department, the operator of a train requested police and medical assistance at the [...]

Man dead after climbing onto Metro-North train roof and being electrocuted in Fairfield

One person has died after an incident on a Metro-North train in Fairfield on Thursday. Metro-North police responded to the Southport station for a disorderly person around 1:30 p.m. Arriving officers learned there was a confrontation on the train, and one of those involved climbed between two train cars and onto the top of one of the cars, according to...

Man Electrocuted at Southport Station.

A man was electrocuted at Southport Station after getting on top of the train and was electrocuted by the overhead wire. There is no official word on the condition of the man at this time, but multiple eyewitnesses reported that he was not moving after the electrocution, and he caught fire briefly. Video Credit to @double_jay17_ for the first clip The post Man Electrocuted at Southport Station. appeared first on DoingItLocal.