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Train kills 3 teen girls crossing Florida bridge
_{By MIKE SCHNEIDER, AP}

MELBOURNE, Fla. — Three teenage girls crossing a bridge in central Florida were killed by a freight train as they desperately tried to get out of its way, and their helpless friend on the other side could only watch, police said Sunday.

The girls and the fourth teenager, a boy, were hanging out in Melbourne's downtown area — known for its shops and nightclubs — when they decided to cross the trestle around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Lt. Curtis Barger said.

"The male made it across the tracks, turned around, heard the train, saw it and yelled for them to run," Barger said. "He then told them to jump."

The girls did not have enough time. Barger said all the teens were from the area, but their identities have not been released. That likely won't happen until Monday, after officials can compare dental records, he said.

On Sunday morning, there was little evidence of the tragedy. A concrete post says, "Private property, no trespassing." Another sign has fallen onto the ground and was covered in gravel, and a third was twisted and difficult to see.

The bridge is just wide enough for the train to pass over, but next to it is another trestle with an old, rusted track that apparently is not in use. There isn't anything dividing the two, and it was unclear why the teens didn't jump onto it.

Anyone here ever play train dodge or try to beat trains accross trestles, I know I did, why didn't those girls jump?

[Warkitty]

1) source link?
2) no idea, but its interesting they need dental records.

[mikeydokey]

www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20100221/US.Train.Hits.Pedestrians/

[Police Moderator]

2) no idea, but its interesting they need dental records.

In most trains versus humans, dental records are needed to ID individuals.

Train kills 3 teen girls crossing Florida bridge

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press Writer

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) -- Three teenage girls were joking around and taking pictures on a narrow bridge when they were hit by a train, killing them as a friend watched helplessly, police and a witness said Sunday.

The girls and the fourth teenager, a boy, had been hanging out in Melbourne's downtown area - known for its shops and nightclubs - when they decided to cross the trestle around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Lt. Curtis Barger said. Their parents had dropped them off at a mall, and then they took a bus downtown where they were "just goofing off," he said.

The boy yelled for the girls to run when he saw the train approach, then told them to jump, Barger said. Crane Creek, about 20 feet below the bridge, is slow-moving and about 10 feet deep. The girls did not have enough time.

Bruce Dumas, 53, said he was fishing under the bridge when he saw the teens walk onto the trestle around sunset. He warned them to be careful, but he said they didn't pay much attention to him.

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