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last night and police say she never saw it coming. the 17-year-old was walking along the tracks near lafayette avenue and queensbury road in riverdale when she was hit from behind. pat collins joins us live with reaction from the victim s father. pat? reporter: wendy, she was wearing head phones. she took a short cut down these train tracks and it cost her her life. from the time she was just a little baby girl her father says he knew there was something special about mary kaitlyn gaffaney, why she almost became a cover girl for a diaper company. she was about 1 to 2 years old they called her a china doll because of her looks. she actually almost became the huggies diaper baby. reporter: as she grew older her father says mary had some issues but he says she worked her way through it. in fact, recently she talked about going to college and becoming a mechanical engineer and designing motorcycles. he says she had many talents. she was a beautiful girl. very talent ....