Second death by train snarls VRE train service

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Virginia Railway Express went 20 years without its trains killing a single person, a rarity in the train business. But the commuter train service has had two deaths in less than a month, both of which appear to be suicides.

“You go 20 years without this and suddenly you have two in two months, really one month,” said VRE spokesman Mark Roeber. “It’s disheartening.”

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