SEPTA train strikes woman

An officer with North Wales Borough police said the woman was hit and then thrown back about 10 feet while attempting to run across the tracks.

The accident stalled the northbound SEPTA R-5 to Doylestown. A small pool of blood lay in the middle of the road‚ about five feet from the tracks.

“They were cutting her clothes off and her face was really bloody‚” said a witness. “We were coming in to stop and (the engineer) slowed up. Next thing‚ the lady got hit.” (Full story)