MTA IDs Man Fatally Struck By LIRR Train

Mineola NY

19 November, 2021

3:37 PM

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MINEOLA, NY — A man who was struck and killed by a Long Island Rail Road train Tuesday has been identified. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson told Patch that Chesnel Veillard, 81, of New Cassel, was trespassing on the tracks near the Mineola station when he was hit by a train on LIRR's Main Line. It appears that Veillard had dementia and went missing hours before he was struck by the train. On Wednesday, New York State officials wrote in a Facebook post that Veillard was last seen at 1 a.m. on Tuesday in New Cassel. It is not immediately clear why he was on the train tracks. An investigation is underway.