Monday, August 31, 2015

Trespassing man struck, killed by Amtrak train in Tacoma, WA


Posted August 31, 2015


by Q13 FOX News Staff and Associated Press



SEATTLE (AP) — 


A Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad spokesman says a man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Tacoma.

Spokesman Gus Melonas says the man used a BNSF maintenance crossing to enter the train line Tuesday before he was struck by a south-bound Amtrak train around 3 p.m.

Tuesday's death is the 19th death on BSNF train lines so far this year in Washington. Melonas says the people who have died were trespassing. He urges the public to be cautious around railways.

Melonas said the BNSF main line was closed until 4:30 p.m. The closure delayed four trains.