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Devil

Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department — Atlanta, GA

Struck by train German Shepherd

Service Record

End of Watch March 31, 2009

Gender Male

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Breed German Shepherd

Cause Struck by train

Agency

Department Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department

Location Atlanta, GA

Incident

K9 Devil was struck and killed by a Metra commuter train while attempting to apprehend a subject who was breaking into containers in the Scale Track area of the 47th Street Yard in Chicago, Illinois.

The subject attempted to flee after K9 Devil's handler gave him commands to stop. K9 Devil pursued the man out of the rail yard and onto the adjoining Metra tracks where he was struck by a high-speed commuter train.