By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The (Longview) Daily News reports a man was killed by a train north of Castle Rock about 9 a.m. today.
Their news item notes it occurred while the as-yet-unidentified man was walking on the Toutle River railroad bridge.
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I know that the shortest distance between one side of the river and the other is the railroad bridge, but they are not called “pedestrian” bridges either. Sad for the conductor, and all involved.
By Paul Suarez
Columbian Staff Reporter
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
A man was hit and killed Tuesday morning by a freight train on a bridge over the Toutle River about 18 miles north of Longview, officials said.
A southbound Union Pacific freight train heading from Tacoma to Portland hit an adult male who was trespassing on the bridge just before 9 a.m., said Gus Melonas, BNSF Railway spokesman.
It was a confirmed fatality, he said.
Cowlitz County and BNSF officials are investigating.
The track was closed until 10:45 a.m. delaying seven trains, including four freight trains and two Amtrak passenger trains.
This was the fourth fatality on BNSF tracks this year, Melonas said.