Death by train ruled a suicide

The death of a man hit by a Metro-North train last night is being called an apparent suicide. Witnesses say Gacel Machado, 34, walked out from a wooded area and laid down on the tracks just south of

News 12 Staff

Aug 12, 2015, 9:31 PM

Updated 3,367 days ago

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The death of a man hit by a Metro-North train last night is being called an apparent suicide.
Witnesses say Gacel Machado, 34, walked out from a wooded area and laid down on the tracks just south of the White Plains train station at around 9 p.m.
He was struck by an oncoming train, and pronounced dead at the scene.
Machado had no known address.