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'Devastated:' Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train In Gainesville Shatters Hearts 'Devastated:' Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train In Gainesville Shatters Hearts
'Devastated:' Death Of 19-Year-Old Struck By Train In Gainesville Shatters Hearts 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