A man was struck and possibly killed by a Long Island Rail Road train west of the Valley Streat station shortly before 10 a.m. The man, possibly an LIRR worker or contractor police say, was airlifted to University Medical Center. His condition is unknown.
So far this month, three people were struck and killed by subway trains. Another had his arm torn off. A 13-year-old was killed by the LIRR, and a 15-year-old was struck and killed by a New York-bound Acela train.
UPDATE: The man, a LIRR trackworker, expired. The last LIRR worker to die was iwas n 2004 from a track accident in East New York.
-- Chuck Bennett
