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Date: 
Monday, April 7, 2014

A person was killed when they were hit by an Amtrak Acela train in Delaware late Tuesday morning, according to police.

The deadly accident happened just before noon on the train tracks near Meco Drive in Newport.

Police are investigating the fatal collision.

The victim hasn't been identified.

Date: 
Monday, March 10, 2014

An out-of-control car smashed into a Delaware town hall overnight sending at least one person to the hospital and leaving the town cleaning up bricks and debris.

A man was driving along Justis Street in Newport, Del. when he missed a curve, jumped a curb, hit a sign, drove over a stretch of lawn and smashed into Newport Old Town Hall around 1:30 a.m.

The impact of the wreck left gaping hole under a window in the side of the historic New Castle County building that is used for town meetings and court hearings in the town of about 1,000 residents.