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2 NH Girls Maimed by Train; Were Sunbathing on Tracks |
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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WCSH-TV LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE Authorities say two teenage girls were struck and seriously injured by a freight train in the town of Lebanon, on the New Hampshire border. Police believe 13-year-old Destiny Phaneuf and 14-year-old Rachael Brown were sunbathing on the railroad tracks near the water.
They say the train conductor tried to stop but couldn't because he was pulling 30 freight cars.
"I saw the conductor come out," said Christy West who lives near the tracks. "Then he was talking to Police. He was very shaken up and said he saw them at the last minute but it appeared they were sleeping on the tracks."
Phaneuf lost her leg from the knee down. Brown lost one of her feet.
The accident happened late in the morning on Wednesday. The girls were airlifted to the Maine Medical Trauma Center in Portland.
Investigators spent hours looking over the train and in the water for clues as to why the girls were on the tracks in the first place.
People who live near the accident scene say the stretch of railroad along the water is a popular spot for people to lay in the sun and go fishing. They hope this accident serves as a warning about the dangers of being on the tracks.
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