Flying Lumber Kills Amtrak Trainman
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. —
A shifting load of lumber on a Conrail freight train sent several boards flying through the windshield of a passing Amtrak train Friday, killing an assistant engineer, Amtrak officials said.
The victim was identified as P. L. Sylvester, 59, of Kirkville, a suburb of Syracuse. None of the 350 passengers or 17 other crew members on the westbound Lakeshore Limited bound for Chicago was injured, said Amtrak spokesman John Jacobson.
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