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Train on tracks stopped behind Toyota dealership, facing E. Lancaster Avenue, awaits completion of an investigation into the accident. (Photo by Richard Simons)
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Fatal accident halts rail service west of Phila.
Rail service west of Philadelphia was suspended for about 90 minutes after a man in his 60s was struck and killed by an Amtrak train near the Ardmore station.
About 100 passengers were on board an eastbound Keystone Corridor train when it hit a trespasser at 11:20 a.m., said an Amtrak spokeswoman. The train, the No. 646, originated in Harrisburg and had been scheduled to stop in Philadelphia at 11 a.m. and then proceed to New York City.
SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said Paoli-Thorndale service had been suspended along the Main Line for an hour-and-a-half.
Riders aboard the 646 were allowed off the train after 45 minutes, said passenger Jordan Grenyion-Smith. A SEPTA supervisor pointed them in the direction of a trolley station.
"From there, we're on our own," Grenyion-Smith said.
Police draped a red tarpaulin over the victim.
Richard Simons, 53, an Ardmore resident, watched investigators from the Church Road bridge over the railroad tracks. Simons, who lives nearby, said he had heard sirens and turned on his police radio before rushing to the bridge.
"I knew it was something big," he said.
The train had not been scheduled to stop at Ardmore. It was going so fast, Simons said, that it took a half-mile or so to stop.
Contact staff writer Sam Wood at 215-854-2796 or samwood@phillynews.com.
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