Missing NH college student killed by train in Rome

By Washington Examiner

Published February 22, 2014 11:26pm ET

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Missing NH college student killed by train in Rome — This Sept. 6, 2013 photo released by Bates College shows student John Durkin, of Rye, N.H. The college said Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, that Durkin, one of six Bates students participating in a study-abroad program, is missing in Rome and has not been seen for two days. Durkin, a junior studying economics, is a linebacker on the football team. (AP Photo/Bates College) | uncredited

ROME (AP) — Italian railway police say a college student from New Hampshire who was missing for two days in Rome was hit by a train.

Police didn’t release the identity of the student whose body was found in a rail tunnel Thursday. But Trinity College Rome Campus officials said Saturday the student was Bates College junior John Durkin. The 21-year-old from Rye, N.H., was in a study abroad program.

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