Posted On:
June 27, 2009
Woman killed while walking tracks by freight train near Tacoma
The Seattle Times reports that a woman, who was in her early 20s, was hit and killed by a Union Pacific freight train traveling on Burlington Northern tracks near the Tacoma late Friday evening.
The Portland-bound freight train was near the Black River Station at the time of the pedestrian accident.
According to the report, this is the fifth pedestrian who has been killed on Burlington Northern property in 2009. In 2008, 16 people were killed.
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