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MTA identifies the second pedestrian, who was hit and killed by Marc Train

MTA identifies the second pedestrian, who was hit and killed by Marc Train

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  • Cian Cassidy (21) and Summer Giffin (20) were hit and killed by a Marc train near Sandy Hook, Maryland on May 6th.
  • The two were on the tracks when the train to the west met them around 6.15 p.m.
  • About 100 passengers on board were transferred to another train.
  • This incident marks the second fatal train accident in the same region since 1999.

The Maryland Transit Administration has now confirmed the identity of the two people who were hit and killed on May 6th by a Marc train in southern Washington County.

The MTA confirmed on May 12 that Cian Cassidy, a 21-year-old man from the Neuer Markt, Maryland, died in the incident after he had previously confirmed that Summer Giffin, a 20-year-old woman from Knoxville, Maryland, who was the other who died. The MTA spokesman Veronica Battisti confirmed the identity of both deceased.

An obituary on Cassidy said his “absence leaves a room that can never be filled, but his memory will remain a guiding light for everyone who was lucky enough to know and love him.”

According to Zipcodes.org, the Knoxville postcode includes the area of ​​Sandy Hook and other communities in the southern tip of Washington County and parts of the nearby Frederick County.

Here is more of earlier herald emails that report on the fatal tension case.

Original history in the train incident: Two pedestrians who go on the tracks after they were driven by the Marc train in Western MD.

First pedestrian in Inciden Id'd: Maryland Transit Administration IDS one of the pedestrians met and killed by Marc Train

Two pedestrians die after driving by the Marc train

The incident occurred at around 6.15 p.m. on May 6th on CSX traces in the sand hook area.

Giffin and Cassidy were on the railway tracks when a Marc train from Washington, DC, to Martinsburg, W.VA., she met, said Battisti. About 100 passengers in the Marc Train 875 were brought to another train to complete their trip after the incident, Battisti added.

The concerned route takes over the Amtrak and freight traffic and the Marc commuters, said CSX spokesman Austin Staton.

The traffic on these tracks was resumed on May 6th at 9:15 p.m., said Staton in an e -mail.

Both CSX and transit officials emphasized the dangers of walking up or next to railway rails.

CSX has traces along the Sandy Hook Road in southern Washington County, which cross the Potomac to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The tracks in this area are not far from the river, the route follows the curves in the Potomac.

On June 11, 1999, two male pedestrians from North Potomac, Md. Eyewitnesses, announced the Herald email at the time that the men had ended the inner hose in the nearby Potomac and sat on the tracks on their inner tubes.

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