Baltimore Sun

A person walking along railroad tracks in Middle River was struck and killed early yesterday by an Amtrak train traveling from Boston to Washington, authorities said. Northeast Regional Train No. 169 fatally struck the person – whose name and gender were not available – just after 2:30 a.m. about 10 miles northeast of Baltimore’s Penn Station, according to Karina Romero, an Amtrak spokeswoman. She said that none of the 83 passengers or crew aboard the train was injured in the incident. Amtrak will work with Baltimore County police and the state medical examiner’s office in the investigation. The victim was trespassing on railroad property, Romero said. The Northeast Regional trains travel at speeds up to 125 mph, she said. Part of the investigation will be to determine how fast the train was traveling when it struck the victim, she said. The train was allowed to continue to Washington at 5:19 a.m., Romero said.

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Amtrak said the pedestrian was trespassing on the railyard near the intersection of Baker and Harrison avenues when the incident occurred just after 3 a.m.

Police said the train stopped near Orems Road and Rockywood Lane after hitting the pedestrian.