LANGHORNE, Pa. — According to a wire service, two men were struck and killed by a freight train after ignoring warnings that the train was bearing down on them, authorities said.
The train, carrying 68 cars of garbage, hit the men Sunday afternoon on a straight stretch of track south of the Langhorne train station, where the speed is 50 miles per hour, CSX spokesman Gary Sease said. Three CSX trains were delayed Sunday evening, he said.
“The indication is that … they paid no heed to the engineer’s signal that he was behind them, and they never turned around to face the train,” Middletown Township Police Sgt. Robert Burnett said.
The victims were identified as Edwin Celins, 40, of Penndel and a 47-year-old man, also of Penndel. The second man’s name was not released pending notification of family members.
The 4,200-ton train was traveling from South Kearney, N.J., to Baltimore when the accident occurred. Commuter rail service on two adjacent tracks returned to normal after minimal delays.
Langhorne is about 23 miles northeast of downtown Philadelphia.