Lynn family mourns man hit by train

LYNN – Transit Police released more information Tuesday about the commuter train that struck and killed a Lynn man in Salem Sunday morning, while the man?s family struggled to comprehend the circumstances of his death.According to MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo, the commuter train carrying 75 passengers on the Rockport line to North Station was proceeding at normal track speed toward the old Salem Station around 7:40 a.m. Sunday when the engineer observed a man, later identified as Kyle Ramsay, 28, of Sachem Street in Lynn, walking on the west end of the inbound platform adjacent to the train.?As (the train) continued through the old Salem Station, the male subject, without looking at the approaching train, leaned into (the track) and was struck,” Pesaturo said.The engineer immediately applied the train?s emergency brake upon noticing Ramsay, but could not avoid hitting him due to his sudden action, Pesaturo said. The old Salem Station is closed to the public and is designated a restricted area.The engineer immediately called 911 and Transit Police, and remained on scene until they arrived. The passengers were transported by bus to Lynn to complete their travels, Pesaturo said.Ramsay?s grandmother, Judith Kennedy, said Tuesday the family was seeking to reach out to the conductor of the train that hit him.?His mother just wants to let him know he wasn?t at fault,” she said. “He was just doing what he was supposed to do.”Kennedy said Ramsay, who had been living with her and her husband George for 10 months, was “a good kid who had good times and bad times.”Ramsay, who attended but did not graduate English High School, loved basketball and hockey, Kennedy said, but his favorite hobby was collecting comic books.?I have three boxes of comics here. What am I going to do with them?” she said.The family had a private viewing Tuesday morning, and Kennedy said she was able to get closure, but that Ramsay?s mother, younger brother and grandfather, were struggling to come to terms with his death.?You can never have told me in a million years I would be burying my grandson,” Kennedy said. “I loved him dearly. He was my first grandson, and gave us our first great-grandchild.”Ramsay would often visit his 2-year-old and 5-year-old sons who live in Salem, Kennedy said, but why he was on the tracks Sunday morning remains a mystery to the family.?We have no idea why he was there,” Kennedy said. “I just figure it was the fate of God.”The man?s oldest son, Isaiah, had been asking where his father was, Kennedy said.?How do you tell a 5-year-old he?ll never see his dad again?”Taylor Provost can be reached at [email protected].