Source: LIRR victims tried to avoid train
Photo credit: Handout | A family photo of the two young women struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train in Copiague. Ariana Napolitano, left, and Katherine Sanchez, were both 18.
Ariana Napolitano and Katherine Sanchez killed on LIRR tracks
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The two young women from Copiague killed on the Long Island Rail Road's tracks Tuesday evening tried to get out of the way of the approaching train, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday.
It remained a mystery Wednesday why Ariana Napolitano and Katherine Sanchez, both 18 -- described as inseparable by relatives -- were up on the elevated tracks a half-mile west of the Copiague...
