(The following story by Bob Grotenhuis appeared on KTSM NewsChannel 9 website on April 19, 2011.)
SOCORRO, Tex. — UPDATE: 11:04 a.m. Updated reports indicate 14-year-old Justin Alcantar, an Ernesto Serna middle school student, was walking home with his back to a westbound train and playing with a basketball. Apparently the teen did not see nor hear the train approaching. He failed to get off the track before he was struck and killed by the Union Pacific train headed west towards El Paso. Alcantar died at the scene. No charges are expected to be filed in the incident. Early indications are the teen’s music player and head set were wrapped up in his pocket.
The full story is on the KTSM NewsChannel 9 website.