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February 21, 2007

Man killed by Amtrak train

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- South Kingstown and Amtrak police are investigating the death of a young man found on the train tracks just west of the University of Rhode Island this afternoon.

Amtrak police were notified by the train’s conductor that he had hit someone a few miles north of the train station a little after 1 p.m., according to Cliff Cole, spokesman for Amtrak.

None of the 94 passengers, nor the conductor, was hurt.

The Acela train, which makes a stop in South Kingstown on its busy Washington to Boston route, should be restricted to 130 mph on the curved stretch of track, Cole said.

Train service was suspended for less than an hour, Cole said, and the schedule was back to normal by 3:35 p.m. Trains rolled by slowly at 2:30 p.m. as officials continued their investigation of the crime scene.

The medical examiners office has not yet identified the man.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:17 PM | Permalink

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