Troy Patrick Zabawczuk, Amtrak Passenger, Dragged By Train, Dies

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Authorities in Rochester are investigating the death of an Amtrak passenger apparently dragged by a train after being kicked off for drunkenness.

Police tell local media that 44-year-old Troy Patrick Zabawczuk (zuh-BAW'-sick) of Schenectady got off the Chicago-bound train for unknown reasons after it arrived at the Rochester station early Wednesday morning. They say that when he tried to re-board, the conductor refused to let him back on because he'd disturbed other passengers earlier.

Police say Zabawczuk was apparently intoxicated.

They believe he tried to jump back on as the train left the station and was dragged a short distance.

His body was found soon afterward. He was pronounced dead at a hospital around 2:15 a.m.

A message has been left seeking Amtrak comment on its policy for ejecting passengers.

Comments

[bmitche]

05:48 PM on 02/23/2012

So sad. He lost his life due to his excessive drinking.

[jemteku]

05:47 PM on 02/23/2012

This man was drunk, tried to get back on the train and got his drunk self killed. As Axbo61 said it perfectly, "booze & trains never mix....". The booze kills more than anything, yet it is such a booming business. Just buy it and drink until intoxicated, then either cause an accident that kills innocent people or yourself. He accidentally killed himself due to his impairment by alcohol. (Just call me Captain Obvious)

[aristocat12]

05:41 PM on 02/23/2012

Good news one less idiot in the world, I am glad he is dead.

[jeff trant]

12:56 PM on 04/10/2012

Thats a pretty awful thing to say. The death of ANY human being lessens all of us. Many drunks have a pretty sad story. Maybe you should walk in their shoes; find out why they are drunks, before your vain attempts to judge.

[Azbo61]

05:21 PM on 02/23/2012

oh well.....booze and trains never mix...

[Danial Myers]

05:12 PM on 02/23/2012

lawsuit

[Jeff Miletich]

03:53 PM on 02/23/2012

So where did the booze come from? The bar car on the train???

[rickcaron]

11:43 PM on 02/23/2012

Yes Jeff, The booze came from the train and they forced it down his throat so he would become beligerent and abuse other passengers in the hopes he would chase the train, get caught, dragged and die. Are you by any chance an attorney?

[Jeff Miletich]

12:03 AM on 02/24/2012

Wow! You sure have a vivid imagination!
If he did get drunk on liquor served on the train, I don't think he should have been kicked off. Are you by any chance a bartender that has been sued because of your poor judgement?

[Rozalia Mayne]

08:41 AM on 02/24/2012

The train, he was not drinking before he got on the train,

[bbh907]

03:41 PM on 02/23/2012

Yep,that will do it. Drunk = stupid!

[missmaudie7]

03:37 PM on 02/23/2012

I think the train operator who ejected the passenger was negligent. If the passenger was highly intoxicated and dissruptive, then the operator should have called the police and waited for their arrival. Perhaps AMTRAK has security personnel at the station who could have been called for assistance. I realize the train operator has to keep to a schedule, but what would a few minutes have meant waiting for assistance as opposed to the man losing his life.

[bbh907]

03:43 PM on 02/23/2012

The train operator was doing his job.He had every right to deny a drunk passenger access to the train.

[normandyv]

04:08 PM on 02/23/2012

That is totally unrealistic

[Ty2010]

02:09 AM on 02/24/2012

It's done for planes.

[propackage]

03:34 PM on 02/23/2012

People have to know their limitations.

[bbh907]

03:44 PM on 02/23/2012

Totally agree!

[jmamusic]

03:34 PM on 02/23/2012

Yo...HuffPo...YES...I DID submit my comment already....Quire a while ago...And, by your own stats, there are only 3 comments pending...SO...Where did my comment go???...

[jmamusic]

02:39 PM on 02/23/2012

Quick...All you liberals better write to your Liberal/Socialist Congressman/Representative and DEMAND that Trains and Rail-Roads be banned...And that no one be allowed to use a rail road ever again...BECAUSE people can get killed by trains...Stands to reason...Gotta eliminate trains...It's the same logic as banning guns and taking all guns off the market...If you believe that "guns kill" instead of "bad people kill using guns", than the same applies..."trains kill" not "stupid people kill themselves by doing stupid things on/around trains"...It is time for all the Liberals to rise-up and get trains banned 'cause trains kill...And, while they are at it, they should push for a ban on kitchen knives and baseball bats and, maybe even, firewood logs and hiking boots because all of them can kill also !!!... Ha ;>)

[stang1985]

02:22 PM on 02/23/2012

Darwin Award nominee. One less obnoxious drunk on the planet.

[bbh907]

03:44 PM on 02/23/2012

Totally agree!

[Rozalia Mayne]

08:45 AM on 02/24/2012

HE was not a obnoxious drunk, he was a hurting man, he was on his way to be with his father who has cancer,,,,,,,,,Stang he was a father that is going to missed dearly.

[flkewlkid00]

02:06 PM on 02/23/2012

trains remain undefeated...............

[nh3man]

04:10 PM on 02/23/2012

Them gol dern trains use their mass and momentum to an unfair advantage.

[eareadjr]

02:02 PM on 02/23/2012

Drunken politicians worldwide endorse drunkeness.

[kemarie21]

02:02 PM on 02/23/2012

So wait on another article they want to ban guns. But there are more deaths because of alcohol why aren't they screaming to ban that as well. It kills more adults, teens and even kids then guns to every year.

[dedhead6969]

02:15 PM on 02/23/2012

bebause the people who make alcohol spend millions each year in washinton same with drug companies, look at the legal drugs, and yet ,im wrong for planting a seed, watching it grow, watering it, harvesting it like any other vegetable i grow and comsuming it