WASHINGTON – The Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a deceased passenger on Amtrak train No. 92, the northbound Silver Star, at Washington Union Station on Monday, WUSA-TV reports. Police do not suspect any “criminal activity” took place.
Passengers continuing north were accommodated on another train. The Silver Star operates daily between Miami and New York.
Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods tells Trains News Wire that Amtrak police assisted with the investigation.
No additional information is available at this time.
I extend my condolence to the family and friends of the passenger found deceased on board The Silver Star in Washington.
Jokes on the death of this passenger on board The Silver Star are insensitive and in poor taste. Love ones of the deceased passenger are in mourning. And, any one of those mourners could even be a reader of Trains News-Wire.
Why was the train annulled? If no criminal activity, no reason not to remove the body, then allow the train to proceed.
With so many comedians out of work we get Larry, and Curt. I’m waiting to see what Mo posts.
My first thought was he died of starvation due to the lack of a diner.
Update: Medical Examiners have determined that the passenger, who boarded the train as a teenager in Miami, died of old age.