The family of a Philadelphia boy who was electrocuted in a SEPTA rail yard want the transit authority to make their facility more secure.
Jewel Angelo was killed Saturday night after he wandered away from a neighborhood block party and into SEPTA's Wayne Junction rail yard, officials said.
SEPTA believes the 11-year-old climbed on top of one of the parked Regional Rail cars, touched the electrical connector called a pantograph assembly and was shocked.
Angelo was found dead next to the train on Sunday morning.
The transit authority says the facility is gated and locked, but that a person could gain access to the yard by walking along the tracks.
"To completely secure an open facility like this where trains have to move in and out is a real challenge," SEPTA spokesperson Jim Jordan said Monday.
The Wayne Junction rail yard also employs security guards and a surveillance system, but no one is on duty on the weekend, SEPTA admits.
Angelo's grandfather says that's just ridiculous.
"It's entirely possible to have a rover [security guard] at night...sit in a van or truck or whatever and ride," Ronald Porter told NBC Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Police and SEPTA are continuing to investigate the incident.
