Two killed on LIRR tracks in Copiague
Photo credit: Daniel Goodrich | LIRR train service was stopped in both directions after Katherine Sanchez and Ariana Napolitano, both 18, were killed on the LIRR track west of the Copiague train station. (Feb. 14, 2012)
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An eastbound Long Island Rail Road train struck and killed two young women Tuesday night just west of the Copiague station, officials said.
The women were not authorized to be on the elevated tracks, which are on an embankment, said LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto. They were hit by the 5:19 p.m. train out of Penn Station, he said, but there were no passengers on it at the time.
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