Crime & Safety
ICYMI: MTA IDs Man Fatally Struck By LIRR Train
It appears that the man had dementia and went missing hours before he was struck by a train.
Editor's note: This article was originally published on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021.
MINEOLA, NY — A man who was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train Tuesday has been identified.
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson told Patch that Chesnel Veillard, 81, of New Cassel, was trespassing on the tracks near the Mineola station when he was hit by a train on LIRR's Main Line.
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It appears that Veillard had dementia and went missing hours before he was struck by the train.
On Wednesday, New York State officials wrote in a Facebook post that Veillard was last seen at 1 a.m. on Tuesday in New Cassel.
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It is not immediately clear why he was on the train tracks. An investigation is underway.
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