Not your average delay: LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch shut down after mishap

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Start date Oct 30, 2014

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FreeskierInVT

Lead Service Attendant

Oct 30, 2014

#1

Tuesday night was not a good one for the LIRR, with service suspended on the Ronkonkoma Branch from about 8pm to 4am due to what later became known as a beheading-suicide in Farmingdale, NY.

http://longisland.news12.com/news/mother-son-identified-in-farmingdale-murder-suicide-1.9558331

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