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Town in shock as teenagers killed by train in front of friend

(21 Feb 2010) SHOTLIST ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Women consoling teenage boy, friend of girls killed by train 2. Rescue crews searching under train with flashlights 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Marc Claycomb, Melbourne, Florida, Police Department: "There were four children together, a boy and three females. The three females for reasons unknown at this point crossed the trestle southbound across the Crane Creek bridge and were struck by a southbound train." 4. Rescue workers searching water in boat 5. Rescue workers with stretcher 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Marc Claycomb, Melbourne, Florida, olice Department: "We deployed boats, we deployed air units, we deployed ground units and we were looking to just basically verify what we had. Ultimately what we had was four children involved; three which were on the trestle, the three females were located along the trestle, and the boy was on the north side of the bridge." 7. Rescue workers searching around train with flashlights 8. Police vehicles on scene STORYLINE Three teenage girls were joking around and taking pictures on a narrow bridge in a Florida town when they were hit by a train, killing them as a friend watched helplessly, police and a witness said on Sunday. The girls and the fourth teenager, a boy, had been hanging out in Melbourne''s downtown area - known for its shops and nightclubs - when they decided to cross the trestle around 6:30 pm (2330 GMT) on Saturday, a police spokesman said. Their parents had dropped them off at a mall, and then they took a bus downtown where they were "just goofing off," he said. Police said the boy yelled for the girls to run when he saw the train approaching, then told them to jump. Crane Creek, about 20 feet (six meters) below the bridge, is slow-moving and about 10 feet (three meters) deep. The girls apparently did not have enough time. "The three females for reasons unknown at this point crossed the trestle southbound across the Crane Creek bridge and were struck by a southbound train," Lieutenant Marc Claycomb, of the Melbourne Police Department, said. A man fishing under the bridge said he warned the teens to be careful when they walked out onto the trestle, but they had not paid much attention to him. The girls were about half way across when the train "barrelled down the tracks, blowing its whistle continuously." He said he could hear the train brakes and after the impact, heard a girl screaming and crying. The teens could have jumped onto an old, rusty trestle next to one they were on, though it remained unclear why they didn''t. Barger said all the teens were from the area, but their identities weren''t likely to be released until Monday, after officials could compare dental records. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...