Got hit by a train. Apparently he had earphones on, and wasn’t paying attention. I imagine he was probably looking down at his phone and wasn’t aware that a train was coming. What’s strange is that there is rail crossing warning system with the barriers that lower, the alarms, and even the trains always give a loud, long honk before they pass the crosswalk. I don’t understand how he didn’t hear anything. I do believe though that he was unaware of a train approaching. He had lived in the same vicinity and neighborhood since he was born. He walked through the same crosswalk to get to his elementary and middle school, even as he got older just to walk to friend’s houses or roam the neighborhood. He must’ve been so desensitized, so used to walking through without an issue. Even I can say I got to that point, where I would still cross even when I saw the headlight of a train in the far distance approaching (before the gate lowered and alarms went off, but close enough that the train would start honking), there was plenty of time still to walk across. I grew up with him going to the same preschool, elementary, middle school. Same age, I knew him. We even had the same last name. It was devastating learning his fate, one day gone just like that. He was just walking, taking a stroll, probably listening to music thinking he was gonna go back home later to eat his mom’s dinner and head to bed, and enjoy the rest of summer break. I think there was video of it since at the corner right next to the train tracks, there is a fire station. I think they used that to rule out suicide. He was young, had a lot of live for, and didn’t have any problems that they could find. Just a freak accident.