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'Devastated:' Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train Shatters Hearts In Virginia 'Devastated:' Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train Shatters Hearts In Virginia
'Devastated:' Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train Shatters Hearts In Virginia Support is on the rise for a Virginia family mourning the loss of 19-year-old Emilio Maurisio Rivas. The death of Rivas, of Catlet, is being investigated as a suicide, police in Prince William County said, noting he was walking on train tracks near Gardner Manor Place and Hillcrest Farm Lane in Gainesville on Monday, Oct. 9, when he was struck. The train engineer sounded the train horn to warn Rivas, who continued to walk within the tracks before being struck by the train, police said. Fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene where Rivas was pronounced dead.  More than $470 ha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train In Virginia Investigated As Suicide: Police Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train In Virginia Investigated As Suicide: Police
Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train In Virginia Investigated As Suicide: Police The death of a 19-year-old man who was fatally struck by a freight train on Monday, Oct. 9 in Prince William County, is being probed as a possible suicide, authorities said. Emilio Maurisio Rivas, of Catlett, was walking within the tracks as the train was approaching Gardner Manor Place and Hillcrest Farm Lane in Gainesville just before 3 p.m., county police said. The train engineer sounded the train horn to warn Rivas, who continued to walk within the tracks before being struck by the train. Fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene where Rivas was pronounced dead.  …

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by Cecilia Levine