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Man Who Loved Riding On Top of Passenger Trains is Decapitated By Bridge
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By Jimmy McCloskey
A man who loved riding on top of passenger trains was decapitated after one went under a bridge.
Varcy Locklear’s dangerous hobby is believed to have killed him as he rode an Amtrak train in Lumberton, North Carolina in late October.
The 24 year- old’s skull was found on December 11 by train crew, and formally identi- fied as belong- ing to him Thursday.
Locklear’s head- less corpse was discovered shortly after his death on October 30.
Officials believe it lay on top of the train after Locklear was decapitated,
then fell off shortly after the locomotive passed through a track switching area and swayed from side to side as a result.
After the train in question was examined, investigators found blood spatter on its roof consistent with the decapi- tation theory.
He was known to cops for hop- ping on trains without a ticket, and had been charged numer- ous times with trespassing.
Enfield Police Captain Dreher Bozard told the Fayetteville Observer: ‘He has been charged in the past with some trespassing
charges dealing with trains.
‘He has been charged, and he’s also been warned several times about tres- passing on train property, so he has a history of this.
‘He also has gone on Facebook before and posted a video on Facebook live of
him standing in front of a train and jumping out of the way at the last second.’
Murphy added: ‘It’s a bizarre case. (Investigators) were shocked like anybody else would be to see anything of that magnitude.′′
His death saw the train he was traveling atop
forced to stop for 46 minutes.
An Amtrak spokesman said that 99 passen- gers were on board at the time, and added that no-one else was injured.
Locklear’s death is being treated as accidental.
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