MARCH 18, 2015
AUBURN, WASHINGTON
A BNSF Railway spokesman says a 29-year-old man who
reportedly was lying on railroad tracks was struck and killed Wednesday evening
by a Sounder commuter train in the south Seattle suburb of Auburn.
Spokesman Gus Melonas says the crew blew the train's
emergency whistle and applied the brake but couldn't avoid hitting the man.
Melonas says no one aboard the train was hurt.
The death is under investigation. It is obvious of course that the man committed suicide, assuming he was dead already due to foul play.
The accident (or suicide) occurred near the East Valley Highway near 24th
Street.
All trains were released and put back into service just
before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.