
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 18, 1993                   TAG: 9305180279
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WILLINGTON, CONN.                                LENGTH: Short

GIRL SURVIVES BEING RUN OVER BY FREIGHT TRAIN

An 8-year-old girl lay frozen in terror on railroad tracks as a freight train passed over her, missing her by no more than a foot.

"Don't tell Mom," were Nicole Bernier's first words to her brother when she got up screaming and crying.

Her only injuries were the bruises she suffered when she fell trying to get out of the way of the 12-car train Sunday afternoon, state police said.

Nicole, who lives near the tracks, said she tripped twice trying to get out of the way of the train. She remembers little of the moments when the train passed over her and thinks she passed out. - Associated Press

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