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Dad thinks son was taking shortcut when train hit him
Quick ReadA Brentwood man may have been taking a shortcut on his walk home from the Brentwood LIRR station when he was struck and killed by a train, his father says.
Photo credit: James Carbone | Police at the scene where an unidentified 26-year-old man died after being hit by a train Wednesday in Brentwood. (Nov. 24, 2009)
The grieving father of a Brentwood man killed by a Long Island Rail Road train said Wednesday he believes his son may have been taking a shortcut to get home when he was struck west of the Brentwood station.
Jamel Wilson, 26, had a job interview with the Suffolk County Department of Social Services in Deer Park on Tuesday, said father James P. Wilson, 52, of Brentwood.
He said he suspects...
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