GREENWICH, Conn. - A 55-year-old man from Western New York was struck and killed by a train yesterday after he decided to put a coin on the tracks to entertain his family, a Metro-North spokeswoman said.
David Buffa of Ripley, N.Y., was at the Riverside station at noon with his wife, two stepdaughters, a daughter from a previous marriage and her boyfriend, said Marjorie Anders of Metro-North.
Buffa jumped down from the platform to place a coin on the tracks but was unable to get back up before an express train traveling 60 to 75 mph hit and killed him instantly, Anders said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Landscape USA
David Buffa of Ripley, N.Y., was at the Riverside station at noon with his wife, two stepdaughters, a daughter from a previous marriage and her boyfriend, said Marjorie Anders of Metro-North.
Buffa jumped down from the platform to place a coin on the tracks but was unable to get back up before an express train traveling 60 to 75 mph hit and killed him instantly, Anders said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Landscape USA
