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Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 20:38:26 PST
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· Amtrak Hits Freight Train; 61 Hurt - AP (Feb 5, 2001)
Monday February 5 3:35 PM ET
Passenger Train Hits Freight Train at Syracuse, N.Y.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Amtrak passenger train struck the rear of a CSX
freight train carrying lumber soon after leaving Syracuse, New York, station
Monday, injuring at least 44 people, officials said.
A spokeswoman at a hospital in the area was quoted by WCBS News Radio as
saying passengers were treated for broken bones and cuts after the collision
at 11.35 a.m. EST. A spokesman for the CSX company, which owns the railroad,
told WCBS Radio that some lumber spilled off the freight train.
Amtrak said in a statement that the lead locomotive and four passenger cars
were derailed, but remained upright. It said 98 passengers and four crew
were on board Amtrak's Empire Service that originates in Niagara Falls,
travels east to Albany and then south to New York City.
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Shooting shocks police station
By PETER MICKELBUROUGH, KAMAHL COGDON and PAUL ANDERSON
06feb01
THE tragic shooting of a policewoman at Keilor Downs has left her young baby
motherless.
Just minutes after the popular constable returned to work from maternity
leave, she lay dead on the station's watchhouse floor.
Detectives launched a frantic search for their dead colleague's baby before
finding it safe and well at a child-minding centre.
Homicide and Ethical Standards Department detectives are still investigating
the circumstances of the constable's death.
Police yesterday said it was not suspicious.
Police sources said the junior officer, aged in her 30s, walked to the gun
cabinet about 8am, signed out a revolver, then, in the presence of several
colleagues, placed the weapon to her chest and pulled the trigger.
It is believed investigators are looking at the possibility the dead woman -
who did not live with her baby's father and has no family living in
Australia - may have been suffering post-natal depression.
Sources said she had appeared eager to resume work when spoken to in the
weeks leading up to her return.
Officers who witnessed the shooting were interviewed by ESD investigators
preparing a brief for the state coroner, who visited the station.
Shocked colleagues were offered counselling and the station was closed to
the public until 3pm.
Road construction worker Damian Carey heard a single shot as he approached
the police station.
"I heard a shot as I was walking up there but I just thought it was a car
back-firing somewhere," Mr Carey said.
"When they opened the door and the ambulance men went through, I could see
them working on the girl."
Colleagues said the dead constable joined Victoria Police a couple of years
ago and had a baby last year.
They said she rarely, if ever, spoke of the father of her child.
"She doesn't have any family in Australia," one officer said.
"It was her first day back (from maternity leave). She took her gun out in
the gun room and shot herself in the chest in front of other members."
Chief Commissioner Neil Comrie said the tragedy had touched all members of
the force.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the policewoman's family and her
colleagues," he said.
Regional commander Bill Kelly said the tragedy had rocked all at the police
station.
"Everybody, including myself, is very upset.
"She was a very well-liked member. It's just tragic," Cdr Kelly said.
"It's a personal tragedy for everybody that's known her and everybody that's
worked in the station. It really does affect you by losing one of your own.
"The members here that were present at the time are undergoing counselling
and other members of the station will undergo similar counselling to get
them through this incident.
"We are really not sure of the total circumstances but it appears at this
stage that it is not suspicious and it appears that nobody else was
involved," he said.
The dead woman was one of 15 female and 31 male officers stationed at Keilor
Downs.
Cdr Kelly would not comment on whether the weapon used was a police gun
issued to the woman.
Police were yesterday trying to contact the dead woman's adoptive parents,
who live in Holland, and local friends.
Three roses were placed at the station's front doors, beneath notes saying
the station had been "temporarily closed due to an incident".
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Lightning strike a little too close to home
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LIGHTNING struck the Doveton Fire Station last Friday, causing damage
estimated at about $10,000.
According to fire officer Michael Lia, the lightning bolt caused damage to
the station’s hose tower, phone and alarm systems, and several electrical
items.
Also affected was the brigade’s internal commander system, the station’s
turnout alarm system, and the station radio.
"It (the lightning) certainly caused a lot of damage at a time when we were
in demand," Mr Lia said.
"We had 11 call outs on Friday, but fortunately the damage at the station
did not affect our response."
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