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Amtrak train delayed due to suicidal turkey

By adamg on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 4:27pm

Walking Boston reports a turkey flew into the windshield of the engine powering his Boston-bound Amtrak regional train in Mansfield shortly after 4 p.m., forcing the train to a halt.

Gregory Colica, heading to the Hub from New York tweets the announcement that came over the PA after train 86 stopped:

A wild turkey jumped up and smashed the windshield, so we had to stop and brush it off. Sorry for the delay folks - Boston in 10.

WalkBoston updates:

Moving, but at low speed. Conductor said that wind is the problem, trying to avoid further breakage.

Photo of the aftermath at South Station below the fold ...

Earlier:
Kamikaze turkey takes out car on 128.

Smashed Amtrak windshieldLocomotive at South Station. Photo by Walking Boston

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Comments

By Whit on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 5:07pm.

On the way back to Boston between Harwich and Boston--4 different road-kill turkeys in 4 different locations along the highway. When did you ever even see one before?

Whit

By Kathode on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 7:30pm.

To get the mental health care they need.

By anon on Sat, 06/01/2013 - 8:08pm.

Haven't been on a commuter rail in some time, but that train looks like something from the old Soviet Union. Is that the last train to Chernobyl?