2 found dead on Red Line tracks in Quincy not hit by train, MBTA says
QUINCY - Two people were found dead on train tracks in Quincy early Monday morning.
The MBTA said a Red Line train operator found the bodies of a man and a woman on the tracks just north of Wollaston Station around 6 a.m.
The T said neither had been hit by a train. A spokesperson later said the man and woman "intentionally placed their bodies" between the outside running rail and the electrified third rail.
"This is a limited confined space and our preliminary investigation suggests both individuals came into contact with the 3rd rail," the T said in a statement to WBZ-TV.
Transit Police and the Norfolk County D.A.'s office are trying to identify the people.
Shuttle buses replaced Red Line service between Quincy Center and JFK-UMass stations, in both directions, during the investigation.
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