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Mommy, Why Did You Shove Me Onto The Railroad Tracks In Front of A Train, Twice?
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San Diego Mom puts tot on tracks; train stops
MARINA A woman shoved her 2-year-old son onto railroad tracks last night in front of an oncoming train, which was able to stop before hitting the child, police said.
Officers arrested the woman, 22, on suspicion of attempted murder and child endangerment. The boy was placed into protective custody.
Trolley security guards first saw the woman and child standing on the tracks at Front Street and Harbor Drive about 7:20 p.m. as a freight train approached slowly, San Diego police Lt. Shelley Zimmerman said.
The train engineer saw the pair and was able to stop within 25 feet of the them. He and the security guard told the woman to get off the tracks and she did, taking the boy with her, Zimmerman said.
But about 15 minutes later, as another slow-speed train neared the intersection, a security guard saw the woman push the boy onto the tracks, Zimmerman said. Again the train engineer stopped 25 feet short of hitting the boy.
The guard called police and held onto the child. Zimmerman said the boy was unharmed, smiled when an officer gave him a stuffed bear, and was able to tell them his first name.
The woman carried no identification, so officers were trying to verify her name last night.
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