<figure id="attachment_5595" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5595" style="width: 225px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Kenneth-Neace-of-Roderfield-W-Va.-killed-by-train-on-bridge.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-5595" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Kenneth-Neace-of-Roderfield-W-Va.-killed-by-train-on-bridge-225x300.jpg" alt="Kenneth ";Legs"; Neace of Roderfield W Va. killed when taking a shortcut on train trestle and a Norfolk Southern train bound for Georgia roared across. Two jumped and are injured." width="225" height="300" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5595" class="wp-caption-text">Kenneth &#8220;Legs&#8221; Neace of Roderfield W Va. killed when taking a shortcut on train trestle and a Norfolk Southern train bound for Georgia roared across. Two jumped and are injured.</figcaption></figure>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;">SHORTCUT ON RAILROAD TRESTLE WAS FATAL</span></p>
<p><a href="http://wvmetronews.com/2014/08/22/man-dead-woman-critical-after-being-caught-on-railroad-tracks/" target="_blank"><strong><em>From WV Metro News</em></strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><strong>RODERFIELD, W.Va. (08/23/2014)— </strong>A man is dead and a woman in critical condition after encountering a Norfolk Southern train late Thursday night near the McDowell County community of Roderfield. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Norfolk Southern said the two along with another man were on a railroad bridge close to the Roderfield tunnel when the company’s mixed freight train traveling from Ohio to Georgia came through the area at about 11:30 p.m. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">State Police said <strong>Kenneth Neace</strong>, 20, of Roderfield, was hit and killed, the woman, 24, fell 60-feet from the bridge and is in critical condition at Welch Community Hospital. Troopers said a second man, 29, jumped and was walking around at the scene. He was taken to the hospital but did not suffer serious injuries.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The three were apparently on the tracks taking a shortcut. The names of the two who lived have not been released.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.fanningfuneralhomes.com/webcast/23773" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;">Obituary of Kenneth &#8220;Legs&#8221; Neace</span></a></p>
<p><strong>This video is a recent incident in which two women decided to take a short cut on a railroad bridge and pretty soon a train surprised them. Instead of jumping, the two women decided to lie flat on the tracks in between the rails.</strong></p>
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