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Man Electrocuted After Falling Onto SEPTA Tracks, Officials Say Man Electrocuted After Falling Onto SEPTA Tracks, Officials Say
Man Electrocuted After Falling Onto SEPTA Tracks, Officials Say One man has died after falling onto train tracks in Center Philadelphia and being electrocuted early Monday morning, Feb. 26, SEPTA told Daily Voice.  It happened at City Hall Station on the Broad Street Line around 2:30 a.m., a spokesperson said. The victim was electrocuted after touching the third rail, according to officials.  His name was not reported and the matter remains under investigation. 

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police After SEPTA Station Stabbings: Authorities Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police After SEPTA Station Stabbings: Authorities
Knife-Wielding Man Shot By Police After SEPTA Station Stabbings: Authorities Police shot and wounded an armed man near a SEPTA station Monday night after they said he attacked commuters with knives.  It happened at the Walnut-Locust Station on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line around 8 p.m. on Nov. 27, transit authorities told Daily Voice.  The suspect walked into the station dual-wielding a pair of knives, officials said. The 48-year-old was caught on security camera "randomly slashing at and poking three people," according to police.  One of the victims was a guard for security contractor Extrity, SEPTA said. None of the victims are thought to ha…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Man Killed By SEPTA Train In Philadelphia Man Killed By SEPTA Train In Philadelphia
Man Killed By SEPTA Train In Philadelphia A man was struck and killed by a SEPTA train early Sunday, April 23 in Philadelphia, authorities said. The accident happened around 5 a.m. on the northbound side of the subway tracks of the Snyder Station on the Broad Street Line, a SEPTA spokeswoman said. Police, fire, and emergency medical crews immediately responded. The man was later pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Gunman Opens Fire On SEPTA Train Leaving 1 Dead, Another Hurt: Police Gunman Opens Fire On SEPTA Train Leaving 1 Dead, Another Hurt: Police
Gunman Opens Fire On SEPTA Train Leaving 1 Dead, Another Hurt: Police One man was dead and a teen was wounded when a gunman opened fire on a SEPTA train, Philadelphia police announced.  Shots rang out at around 2:45 p.m. on a Broad Street Line train near Fairmont Avenue in north Philadelphia's Francisville neighborhood, the department said. The victim, a 21-year-old black man, was shot 11 times and taken to Temple University Hospital where he died from his wounds, police confirmed. Crime Scene Unit arriving on scene of man shot 11 times throughout his body. He’s in his 20s and has died. Happened at Broad and Fairmount on Broad Street Line ⁦@FOX29philly⁩ …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
SEPTA Police Probe Train Assault Captured On Video: Report SEPTA Police Probe Train Assault Captured On Video: Report
SEPTA Police Probe Train Assault Captured On Video: Report Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a video showed an apparent assault on a SEPTA train Wednesday afternoon, 6abc reports. A group of three girls were caught on video shouting obscenities at another group before punching and kicking a girl on the Broad Street Line train near Erie station, the news outlet says. SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel told 6abc that they are closer to identifying the people involved in the assault. Click here for the full story from 6abc.

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by Nicole Acosta