Eric Alan Hirt, known as Eson, died at age 47 after being struck and killed by a train in the early hours of May 13. He was reportedly walking along tracks near his home in North Miami when a Brightline passenger train hit him. His wife said the death was an accident, noting he was partially deaf and that the area was described as a quiet zone where trains are prohibited from using their horns. Hirt was a member of the Miami Style Gods crew and was known for tagging street infrastructure across dangerous urban spaces. He appeared in a 2018 VICE documentary and described street tagging as addictive. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, his brother, and his mother.
""I can't drive down the street without wanting to hit every curb, pole, sign, wall," Hirt, concealing his face with a skull mask, said in the documentary. "It's addictive," he continued. "The more you se"
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