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Baltimore HS Football Star, Penn State Recruit Dies Trying To Beat Train: Report Baltimore HS Football Star, Penn State Recruit Dies Trying To Beat Train: Report
Baltimore HS Football Star, Penn State Recruit Dies Trying To Beat Train: Report A standout football player from Baltimore with an offer to play for Penn State was killed on his way to school when his car was hit by a train Wednesday, Feb. 2, according to multiple news reports. Lamar Patterson, 18, was running late for school at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore when he tried to "beat a train" through an intersection in Linthicum around 9 a.m., the Orlando Sentinel says citing sources close to the family. The junior wide receiver's Honda Accord failed to stop for the lowering railroad gates and red flashing traffic signals, the outlet says. A Kissimmee, Florida native,…

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by Cecilia Levine