According to SF Gate: A Northern California town was
reeling Saturday after learning that a teenage boy was killed and a teenage
girl was seriously injured after they were hit by a freight train while walking
to a Sadie Hawkins Day dance. The accident Friday evening occurred near
Marysville’s only high school and a little league park where a game was being
played. Investigators told KCRA-TV the teens were walking southbound on the
tracks — the same direction as the train.
Relatives told the station
the 16-year-old girl, Mickayla Friend, and her boyfriend had planned to take a
short walk to the Dollar Tree store to buy some food before heading to the
dance at their school. “It’s her first boyfriend, and her first love,” Alithya Friend
said. “And she just got it taken away from her in an instant.”
The boy died at the scene,
and the girl was airlifted to Sutter Roseville Medical Center with traumatic
injuries, CalFire Capt. Dennis Hunt said. Friend said her sister remained in
critical condition Saturday. People who were at the game said they heard a long
blowing of the train’s horn, and many raced to the scene as the train came to a
stop.
“The engineer was on the
horn,” witness Sean Stark said. “Then finally, they both looked back at the
same time.” He said the boy made a split second decision. “They would have both
been underneath that train if he didn’t push her out of the way at the last
second,” Stark said.
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