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Three Killed, Seven Injured After Two LIRR Trains Crash Into Driver Trying To 'Beat The Gate'
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Three Killed, Seven Injured After Two LIRR Trains Crash Into Driver Trying To 'Beat The Gate'


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John Del Signore

Published Feb 27, 2019

Modified Feb 27, 2019


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Emergency personnel look over the site of a fatal train collision in Westbury, N.Y.
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Published Feb 27, 2019

Modified Feb 27, 2019


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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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