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Ames Train Death Leaves a Lot of Questions

An Ames woman was killed by a train in the City of Ames near 13^th and Ontario Streets. Incredibly the locomotive engineers must not have known they struck her. There is no indication if she was in or out of a car; although it appears to me the report is saying she was walking. She'd been out with a group of friends, got separated and was later discovered by police. Also reported by KCCI-8 and this report includes video footage. The incident is described as being near Veenker Memorial Golf Course. The body was discovered around 5:30 a.m. Now what I wonder about is whether she was struck by the train or was it made to appear she was struck by a train to cover-up another crime?

Lately Ames has had too many unexplained deaths. This may be another one. It's difficult to buy this theory of this 19-year-old climbing up the track hill when she could simply walk on the road and under the tracks. Why would she climb up and over the tracks and not hear a train coming? She'd been drinking, but how much? The autopsy results aren't completed or haven't yet been released. That might tell us something, but will it lead us to a conclusion about why? Follow the link and you'll see what a pretty young lady she is.

This isn't the only train crash in Iowa. Another crash occurred in northwestern Iowa between a semi and a train near Meriden in Cherokee County. Map shown by the AP.

And an Iowa woman died in a Chicago train crash. Katie Lunn, 26-year-old dance instructor at the School of Performing Arts in Naperville.

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