Father mourns son after tragic death
After Ben Breskman’s oldest son, Brian, was fatally electrocuted on the third rail of SEPTA’s Route 100 trolley line in a tragic accident, he is “on a mission” to keep it from happening to anyone again.
According to this article in the Delaware County Times, Brian, a 19-year-old Penn State student, attended the party of a high school friend on May 25, 2007. Ben Breskman later found out that a parent supplied the alcoholic beverages to minors at the party.
After Brian left the party he walked to 7-eleven, which proved to be disastrous for him. When a police cruiser stopped to question him, he panicked and fled into a wooded area. He tried to find a shortcut back to his friend’s house and came down an embankment in the dark near the Rosemont R-100 trolley stop. There were no fences, lights, or visible warnings near the trolley tracks and he stumbled, grazing his foot on the line’s electrified third rail. He was killed instantly by a lethal jolt and hit later by an oncoming train.
“It was a parent’s worst nightmare,” said Ben Breskman, a horrible accident that has forever affected me and my family.”
The family of the victim deserves to be rightfully compensated for their tremendous. In Pennsylvania, anyone over age of 21 can be responsible if they provide or made alcohol available to minors.
They would be well advised to contact a Pennsylvania Personal Injury attorney who will file a wrongful death claim against the individuals who served the alcohol to the minor.
