REVISEDVStories Rewritten for Broadcast

1. AN AMTRAK TRAIN IN RICHMOND STRUCK AND KILLED TWO PEOPLE YESTERDAY. THE TWO WERE HIT ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE RICHMOND AMTRAK STATION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CARLSON BOULEVARD AND OHIO AVENUE AT ABOUT 1:40PM. THE 39 PASSENGERS ON BOARD THIS TRAIN WERE ESCORTED ON FOOT TO THE TRAIN STATION AND WERE ABLE TO BOARD ANOTHER TRAIN. BY 5:35PM THE TRACKS WERE REOPENED FOR USE. THE VICTIMS HAVE NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR DEATHS ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

2.DRIVERS ON HIGHWAY 17 WERE IN STORE FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPANION JOINING THEM FOR THEIR COMMUTE TWO WEEKS AGO. THE HORSE THAT COMMUTERS SPOTTED GALLOPING ALONG SIDE THEM WAS A 22-YEAR OLD WHITE ARABIAN NAMED STAR WHO HAD ESCAPED FROM HIS MONTEVINA ROAD CORRAL.
STAR WAS REUNITED WITH 10-YEAR OLD ATHENA MUZUMDAR AND HER PARENTS AFTER BEING CAUGHT AND TAKEN TO AN ANIMAL SHELTER.
AT FIRST THE HUMANE SOCIETY OFFICIALS WERE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE HORSE'S RELEASE DUE TO THE BELIEF STAR HAD POSSIBLY BEEN MISTREATED. HOWEVER, ATHENA AND HER PARENTS HAD THE PREVIOUS OWNER CALL THE SHELTER TO EXPLAIN STAR HAS BEEN REGAINING WEIGHT AFTER EXPERIENCING HEALTH PROBLEMS.
THE BIGGER QUESTION OF THIS STORY IS HOW DID STAR ESCAPE IN THE FIRST PLACE? ACCORDING TO THE OWNER OF THE CORRAL SUZANNE CRISTALLO, THE ACCOMPLICE TO STAR'S RELEASE IS A PONY NAMED OREO WHO FINDS ENJOYMENT OUT OF SLIDING OPEN THE LOCKS ON THE METAL GATES THAT HOUSE THE HORSES.