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Child Hit by Train
ATLANTA (AP) Police say a 4-year-old boy who was hit by a train in northwest Atlanta has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.
Atlanta Police Officer James Polite said Elijah Anderson ran out of his yard while chasing after his dog Thursday evening and was struck.
The CSX train engineer saw the boy and tried to stop, but was unable to in time. The locomotive was traveling about 30 mph when the crash occurred around 5 p.m.
Polite said the boy was thrown away from the tracks by the impact. He was taken to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
What others are saying
- child hit by trainwhat i dont understand is how does a 4 yr old, run out of a yard onto train tracks,how far did he have to run to get to the tracks? why was he alone in a yard with no fence? why was he alone period....?
- This is careless parenting, some things are accidents but when something like this happens the parents should be held
accountable.
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