Community in mourning: Adelaide woman who was struck by a train identified
The Adelaide woman who was struck by a train has been identified as local legend Becki Townsend Gun.
Two years ago, a neighbour painted her portrait on a power pole out of love and admiration. The work of art now holds new significance for the community in Clarence Park after she passed away in what locals have described as “unfair” circumstances.
The journey over the pedestrian crossing at her local train station was a twice-daily route for 63-year-old Becki, walking her two beloved dogs separately.
It was her walk with elk hound Floyd that claimed both their lives, after they were both hit when she was trying to get him away from the tracks.
According to neighbour and friend Annie Wawryk: “she was very close to all the neighbours. She was a really lovely person and she really cared about other people.”
“She was loved on the street. She was really outgoing and gregarious. She would chat to everyone.”
One example of Townsend Gun’s caring nature was that she would keep company with a neighbour with dementia so his wife could leave the home to do shopping, Wawryk said.
Neighbours say the manner of her death was not fitting for the type of person she was.
“It just seemed so unfair that she’d go this way,” Wawryk said.
Investigations are still underway.
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