Dorchester man fishing along railroad tracks in Wareham killed by freight train in

Cater was struck by a “trash train,” which was proceeding over the Narrows Crossing railroad bridge at around 25 miles per hour, and pushed into the waterway below, the statement said. Christopher Cater, 56, was struck on the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad tracks at 2:19 p.m., the Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz’s office said in a statement. A Dorchester man who was fishing along railroad tracks in Wareham was struck and killed by a freight train hauling trash to Cape Cod, authorities said. Speaking to reporters at the scene, Cruz...