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Police: Port Chester man survives being run over by train

Originally published: January 6, 2013 12:27 PM
Updated: January 6, 2013 1:08 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

Witnesses said the man jumped onto the track

Photo credit: News12 | Witnesses said the man jumped onto the track just before 8 p.m. Saturday night. (Jan. 5, 2013)

A Port Chester man is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation after he survived a MetroNorth train running over him, said MTA Police on Sunday.

The unidentified 31-year-old walked off the platform of the MetroNorth station in Mamaroneck on Saturday night and laid down between the tracks as a northbound train scheduled to reach Stamford, Conn., at 8:17 p.m. bore down on him, police said in a statement.

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