Sunday, July 12, 2009

Have you ever read a story that made you wonder about that person's life?

I read this in our local paper today:
A South Toledo man was killed by a train in South Toledo early Saturday morning in the same spot another man died when he was hit by a train earlier in the week.

David Vergara was pronounced dead at the scene off Wenz Road south of South
Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday when he jumped in front of a moving
westbound train in an apparent suicide, according to the Lucas County Coroner’s office.

The incident was witnessed by family members of the man, who authorities said was intoxicated at the time.

On Monday, Thomas Dalton was killed when he sat on the tracks about 1:30 a.m. near the same location and waited for an eastbound train.

It made me wonder, is there some connection to the previous suicide? It seems strange that two men that had no connection would decide to take their lives at the same spot and die in the same manner in such a short time frame. I can only imagine the horror his family must have felt actually witnessing his death...

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