Man Hit, Killed By Train In Fairfield ID'd As Bridgeport Resident

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The man who was hit by a Metro-North Railroad train May 27 has been identified as Bridgeport resident Modeba Keita, reports the Fairfield Citizen.

Police on the train tracks just east of the Fairfield Metro station where a man was hit and killed May 27.
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Nicole Briggs

06/04/2015 3:00 p.m.

Keita, 32, had a criminal record. He had previously been convicted for offenses in Connecticut and had been in jail in New York, according to the report.

The accident occurred at about 3:40 p.m. May 27 just east of the Fairfield Metro. Keita reportedly lay down on the tracks, and the engineer was unable to stop the train in time to avoid hitting him.

The accident happened at about 3:40 p.m. when a 2:04 p.m. train from Grand Central Terminal headed for New Haven at 4:06 p.m. hit Keita, who was on the tracks, said Marjorie Anders, a spokesman for the MTA.

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