Arnold Teen Wearing Earphones Killed by Train

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Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 8:34 am | Updated: 8:45 am, Tue Jul 3, 2012.

Arnold Teen Wearing Earphones Killed by Train Associated Press |

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — For the second time in a month, authorities in the St. Louis area say a teenager has been struck and killed by a train while wearing earphones.

The boy's mother tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/NZPpwe ) that she warned her 15-year-old son, Mitchell Maeserang, about the dangers of wearing the buds in both ears while walking near traffic. But authorities say that's what the teen was doing around 9:45 a.m. Sunday while crossing the tracks in Wentzville.

Mitchell was hit by a Norfolk Southern freight train. Railroad officials say the crew spotted the teen and sounded the horn. Bystanders also tried to get his attention.

On May 30, a 14-year-old boy was also wearing earphones when he was killed by an Amtrak train while walking along railroad tracks in Kirkwood.

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Posted in State on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 8:34 am. Updated: 8:45 am.