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Train kills man crossing tracks at Centralia

Train kills man crossing tracks at Centralia

Train kills man crossing tracks at Centralia

by Associated Press and KING 5 News

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Posted on July 7, 2010 at 5:18 AM

Updated Wednesday, Jul 7 at 9:18 AM

CENTRALIA, Wash. -  A man has been killed by a freight train at Centralia.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe reported a pedestrian was struck just before 5 a.m. Wednesday.

According to the Centralia Police, the unidentified man was crossing the tracks between two pedestrian "crossovers," which are similar to street crossings but are narrower and have a raised bed.

The police say the train couldn't stop in time and struck the man.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas says the crew saw the man, sounded the whistle and made an emergency stop. But the train traveling about 40 mph could not stop in time.

Radio station KITI reports the train stopped and the body was found about half an hour later under a rail car.

The line carries more than 50 freight and Amtrak trains a day. I

Police and BNSF are investigating.

Melonas says 10 people on tracks have been killed this year in Washington. Of those, he says, nine were considered trespassing and one was a pedestrian at a crossing.

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trojan33 said on July 7, 2010 at 2:22 PM

daphne- Do you happen to be blond.

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crazytrain247 said on July 7, 2010 at 1:09 PM

agreed.already did

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david5198 said on July 7, 2010 at 12:34 PM

Hey, everybody, use the flag this comment link every time rosesingle30 runs her sales pitch. Maybe if enough of us are flagging this fool King will bar her bs.

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jakedog said on July 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM

Trains are very large, they go very fast, they cannot stop quickly. Why is this concept becoming so hard to grasp? This train did not kill a man, the man killed himself! Suicide, ignorance, whatever, its not rocket science to know you need to keep off train tracks! My 6 year old has this concept down.

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chuckstr76 said on July 7, 2010 at 9:18 AM

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, oops,

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dougp said on July 7, 2010 at 8:47 AM

i agree.... rosesingle30 you are not very caring. rosesingle30 needs to think before she comments. i can't believe you rosesingle30 . rosesingle30 .

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nickc said on July 7, 2010 at 8:36 AM

I agree with daphne and thoughts and prayers are with the family of the man that died. rosesingle30 make comment's about the story not your life. It sounds to me you don't care about anything but yourself rossingle30. I hope that's not the case bout if it is you need to learn to have some compassion for someone other then yourself.

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deeplyshrouded said on July 7, 2010 at 8:33 AM

Daphne, it's a spambot. a computer program. Trains are not something to be trifled with. They are larger than tractor trailers and can take up to a mile to stop.

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pixelater said on July 7, 2010 at 6:51 AM

daphne, rosesingle30 pops up on every story, its nothing but spam.

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daphne said on July 7, 2010 at 6:39 AM

Rosesingle30...your comment does not relate to this news story what so ever. This isn't the single dating section. If you don't have something constructive to say about the article, you should refrain all together. Someone lost their life this morning on the RR tracks, it's very unfortunate. He might have had a illness of some sort that caused him to be disoriented. We don't know that information yet. Have some compassion for the family affected by this accident. My prayers and thoughts go out to this family of this man.

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