djurzi
08-07-2006, 03:13 PM
I didn't know where to post this because it is not directly related to the band, but this is just tragic. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. :feelbette
Newsday.com
BY JULIA NEYMAN
August 07, 2006
A Minnesota teen's night on the town turned tragic when she died after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Queens.
Natalie Smead, 18, of Northfield, Minn., was on her way to a Dave Matthews Band concert on Randalls Island Saturday afternoon when she fell onto the train tracks at the Woodside railroad station about 4 p.m., said Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Tom Kelly.
Smead had been staying with relatives in Merrick, said Det. Sgt. Kim Riley with the MTA police. A cousin was among the group of young people traveling with her to the concert. According to a preliminary investigation, Smead was exiting a westbound Babylon branch train when she fell between the train and the platform, which serves two tracks, LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto said.
'Her friends were telling her, 'Stay put, stay put,' but she must have panicked,' Riley said.
Smead appeared to have crossed under the platform in an attempt to get back up on the other side when she was struck by an eastbound train on the Port Washington branch, Zambuto said.
She suffered blunt trauma to her head, pelvis and leg, and died three hours later at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, MTA police and officials said. MTA police are investigating the incident.
Copyright © 2006 Newsday.com, All Rights Reserved.
Newsday.com
BY JULIA NEYMAN
August 07, 2006
A Minnesota teen's night on the town turned tragic when she died after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Queens.
Natalie Smead, 18, of Northfield, Minn., was on her way to a Dave Matthews Band concert on Randalls Island Saturday afternoon when she fell onto the train tracks at the Woodside railroad station about 4 p.m., said Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Tom Kelly.
Smead had been staying with relatives in Merrick, said Det. Sgt. Kim Riley with the MTA police. A cousin was among the group of young people traveling with her to the concert. According to a preliminary investigation, Smead was exiting a westbound Babylon branch train when she fell between the train and the platform, which serves two tracks, LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto said.
'Her friends were telling her, 'Stay put, stay put,' but she must have panicked,' Riley said.
Smead appeared to have crossed under the platform in an attempt to get back up on the other side when she was struck by an eastbound train on the Port Washington branch, Zambuto said.
She suffered blunt trauma to her head, pelvis and leg, and died three hours later at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, MTA police and officials said. MTA police are investigating the incident.
Copyright © 2006 Newsday.com, All Rights Reserved.