Three men will be charged with trespassing after an incident last week when one of the men had to jump into a Clifton ravine to avoid an oncoming train.
The men, ages 19, 20, and 31 will be charged with misdemeanor trespassing and, in addition, a charge of trespassing on a railroad track, according to Robin C. Chapman, spokesman for the Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Their names have not been released.
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The Fairfax County Police Department reports that the men were hiking through the woods in the Hemlock Regional Park in Clifton on April 4 when they came across a railroad bridge. As they crossed the bridge, they encountered the oncoming train.
Two of the men made it across, but police say a third jumped to avoid being struck by a train. He was taken to a nearby hospital by an FCPD helicopter where he was treated for his injuries.
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The train, #337, was on the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Manassas line, which had departed from Union Station in D.C. at 7:50 p.m.. The accident reportedly delayed the train for more than an hour.
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