Yikes.
According to the Dorchester Reporter, a 14-year-old Boston Latin School student was struck by a moving train at Shawmut station on Wednesday afternoon.
The male victim was taken to Boston Children’s Hospital via Boston EMS in serious condition.
According to the report, around 1:50pm, the teen appeared to have “intentionally entered the right-of-way on the southbound side of the Red Line station.” A moving train then struck the boy.
You can read more details about this situation here.
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