Local Man Fatally Struck by Train
tony Brook trike out The Hens baseball team breaks a tie in the eighth inning with two home runs and wins, 7-5, to improve to 6-6 on the season. Mosaic/ Bl Sports/ B6 250 Perkins Student Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 FREE • • TUESOA YS & FRIDAYS Volume 131, Issue 39 IVII'II'.rel'tell:udel.edu Tuesday, March 15 , 2005 Local man fatally struck by train BY MlKE HARTNETT & MONICA SIMMONS Nt'·u,>s Fea(ures Edt/Or.\ A Newark resident was struck and killed by a CSX train Friday night at the New London Road crossing, Newark Police said. David M . Hannan, 47, wa attempting to cross the tracks after the waming. gates descended, Lt. Thomas Le Min, traffic divi sion commander for Newark Police, said. Haiman is the fOLuth person since Courtesy of I he McGowan fami ly September to be hit by a train within city limits. Cpl. Stephen McGowan, Junior Doug Shields said he was 26, was on duty in Iraq and tanding on the econd floor balcony of the about_to come home. Deer Park Tavem when the train came to a stop. llc was one of the fil'st to an:ive on th e scene. Hannan was unconscious and severe ly injured but still breathing once Shields Alumnus reached bim. The CSX conductor had already notified authorities, Shield s said. "1 could sec his chest ri se and fall," he said. "When 1 was walking away, l lo ked killed in back and could see he wasn't breathing anymore." Shields said he was disturbed by the slow response time of authorities.
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