The other account came during an interview many years ago with the late Dr. Mel Platenka, a beloved Fox Lake figure and unofficial "Mayor of Eagle Point." Eagle Point was a famous bar on Pistakee Lake featured on the TV "Real People" back in 1982. When a certain polka was played on the jukebox, nearly 100 puppets would come to life. I used to deejay there a lot back in the 1980s before it closed.
"People had climbed onto the tracks and embankment of the wooden Route 12 train bridge to get a better view of the fireworks at the Legion Hall. Everyone was looking toward the lake and with all that noise, no one heard or saw the train coming. It plowed right into them. People got killed, limbs were severed...a real tragedy.
"They were told to get off the tracks, and I guess they did once, or twice, but it didn't matter, they were hit."
More to Come.
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