Second person in eight days hit and killed by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train

A second person in a matter of days has been hit and killed by a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train.

At around midnight, a pedestrian was fatally struck in the area of West and Pine Streets in Abington.

According to Superintendent of Transit Police Department Richard Sullivan, it was an intentional act by the pedestrian.

“No further comments except: On behalf of the Transit Police and the entire MBTA organization we express our most heartfelt condolences to the decedent’s family and loved ones.”

The name of the victim was not released.

On March 16th, the Transit Police Department received an emergency dispatch from a commuter rail train advising of a pedestrian strike at the Birch Street railroad crossing east of the intersection of North Avenue and Railroad Street in Abington. The unknown
male victim, later identified as 56-year-old Scott Sherman, was pronounced deceased by a first
responder with the Abington Fire Department.

Preliminarily, investigators found no mechanical faults on the train by MBTA operators, and the train was travelling below the 70-mph speed limit at the time of the incident.