Authorities Say Fatal Train Accident at Big Beaver, Adams was a Suicide
The 18-year-old Bloomfield Township resident died after being struck by the Amtrak train Saturday night.
The death of a young Bloomfield Township man who was stuck by a train in the area south of Big Beaver Road Saturday was ruled a suicide, according to the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office. The incident remains under investigation by both the Bloomfield Township Police Department and authorities with Canadian National Railway, but police department's initial investigation shows the victim ran in front of an oncoming northbound Amtrak passenger train, Capt. Scott McCanham said Monday. Authorities identified the man, who died at the scene, but are not releasing his name at the request of his family, McCanham said. Officers and Bloomfield Township firefighters responded to the tracks in the area of Kensington Road and Iron Gate Road and…
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Laura Houser
10:01 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
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