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Official: Woman is dead after intentionally getting in front of Massachusetts train
A woman is dead after an incident Friday afternoon with an MBTA train.
According to Richard Sullivan of the MBTA, at approximately 4:45 p.m., an adult female intentionally entered onto the right of way and was struck by an MBTA Commuter Rail train on the Middleborough/Lakeville Line in Bridgewater.
She has been pronounced deceased as a result of injuries sustained.
Foul play is not suspected.
Sullivan stated that there would be no further updates and offered condolences.
“On behalf of the Transit Police and the entire MBTA Organization we offer our most sincere condolences to the decedent’s family and friends.”
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Lee
July 13, 2024 at 12:44 pm
So very sad!!RIP
GABRIELLE
July 13, 2024 at 1:32 pm
Sad for this woman. Sad for all of those who loved her. Also sad for the train engineer and anyone else who witnessed this tragedy. The long lasting implications of a tragedy like this cannot be understated. May she rest in peace
Nella da Costa
July 13, 2024 at 2:48 pm
Mental Health, depression so sad that this woman felt this was her only choice. Rest in peace.
brighton
July 13, 2024 at 4:44 pm
Her only choice was to traumatize the train engineer and hundreds of passengers?
This was a terrible, selfish act. One can leave this world without having to hurt innocents like she did.
Debra
July 13, 2024 at 7:20 pm
The deep datk hole of depression is not selfishness. It is a feeling of hopelesness, despere, feeling the world or your loved one would be better off with you dead cause you don’t feel l9ved or wanted or like they look at you as a pain cuz you can’t even help yourself. It’s a dark hole were you feel hopeless & you are so depressed you can’t think straight, you feel like a loser, you have no happy feelings or thoughts, you are consumed with how your life & mind has turned to shit. You want to feel better, but you can’t seem to find a way out. So to stop your pain, you think death is the only way out. The courage it takes for someone to commit suicide is incredible for someone to commit this act. They can’t think that family & friends will be upset cause you are so fardown the dark rabbit hole. So please don’t feel they are selfish, they know no other way out. It’s a horrible horrible feeling of doom!
LL
July 15, 2024 at 9:20 pm
Well said!
Patricia murphy
July 27, 2024 at 9:01 pm
I I just responded to an individual who thought she did it to traumatize others. And the very same words you used of a deep dark hole are the very same I used, there’s no doubt you understand. At least someone has empathy for her, she was one of my neighbors.
Heidi Page
July 27, 2024 at 2:11 am
You uneducated pos! How dare you! You clearly have lived a sheltered existence. People who take their lives believe that they are doing the world a favor by “going away.” They believe they’re existence is a burden. Your post sickens me.
Patricia murphy
July 27, 2024 at 8:59 pm
She wasn’t mentally ill woman who lived in our building complex. Unfortunately, the stigma that comes along with any kind of mental illness often causes more issues. There was no ill intent on her part, she was in the deepest blackest hole. Any human being could be and to her that was her only option. People like to make fun of psychiatric disorders, there is nothing funny about it. Mental health is just as important as any physical health and nobody grows up saying I want a psychological disorder. Have a little respect.
Diane Pellegrino
July 13, 2024 at 5:46 pm
Mental health should be treated just as much as physical health. Ifeel doctors have no clue how to treat this issue at all. They are just making a educated decision. So they just throw pills down your throat and hope for the best. Guess what, it doesn’t work that way!!!
Missy
July 13, 2024 at 7:32 pm
This is so true but it’s not … it’s being overlooked and it’s costing lives !!
Carolyn
July 13, 2024 at 6:58 pm
So sorry about my condolences for her family.
In my prayers.
Carolyn
July 13, 2024 at 6:59 pm
So sad, my true condolences.
In my prayers to her family.
Lea
July 13, 2024 at 7:02 pm
Mental health is not taken seriously
I went to the hospital I couldn’t breathe well I struggled. The doctor did scans came back knocked on his head and said “it’s all in here it’s your anxiety” and sent me home
FOUR days later my pcp called to find out what antibiotics I was put on and other meds for my partially collapsed lung!
The ER doc said it was in my head
But no
It was a partially collapsed lung
My brothers therapist told him he would be ok after he told her he was afraid he wanted to kill himself
He’s dead
Medical doctors don’t care
Sorry for all involved
Terri
July 14, 2024 at 12:39 pm
So sad but I truly understand. It is impossible to survive in this state financially. I’m close to being homeless again myself. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t thought about it myself. Sometimes you just can’t take anymore.
My heart goes out to all that knew and loved her.
Judy Bigelow-Costa
July 15, 2024 at 5:48 pm
May she R.I.P. and may her loved ones find comfort in good memories of her.