(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 27.)
NEW YORK — A Long Island Rail Road worker was killed while doing track work Wednesday in Brooklyn. The railroad says 30-year-old Peter Osso of Yonkers was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital shortly after the accident.
LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto says a track car tipped over and fell on Osso. No one knows why the car tipped.
The accident happened at 10:45 a.m. on one of two tracks in the area in East New York. Service was suspended between Jamaica and Brooklyn for abut 45 minutes. Partial service was allowed with delays of 15 to 25 minutes. Normal service returned at 4 p.m.