"This is just a horrible situation and this is, I think, every parent's worst nightmare. To have something like this happen at March break when you have children that are out playing, it's just such an incredible tragedy. This is a community that is very much [a tight knit] community and this has and will continue to rock the community for quite some time."
"The family is in shock and at a loss for words. Flowers have been laid by mourners at the crossing in memory of the boy. Investigators said the boy and another child were riding motorized bikes near the tracks when the collision happened."
A 13-year-old boy died after being struck by a GO Train on Wednesday near Long Branch GO station on the Lakeshore West line. Emergency personnel arrived shortly before 3 p.m. and pronounced the boy dead at the scene. The boy and another child were riding motorized bikes near the tracks when the collision occurred. The family, who speaks Portuguese, is devastated and in shock. The community is deeply affected by the tragedy, with local councillor Stephen Dasko describing it as a nightmare scenario and calling for parents to reinforce safety rules with their children about playing near railway tracks.
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