A man killed Monday night after being hit by an Amtrak train is believed to have committed suicide, Puyallup police said Tuesday.
A man killed Monday night after being hit by an Amtrak train is believed to have committed suicide, Puyallup police said Tuesday.
The train, carrying 253 passengers from Portland to Bellingham, hit the man about 5:55 p.m. on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks near the Shaw Road overpass.
The News Tribune is not naming the man.
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The man crossed over a chain-link fence north of Boulevard Park at 10 a.m. Sunday as a passenger train clacked north at 35 mph, said Bellingham Police Sgt. Ken Brown.
From the gravel alongside the tracks, the man waved and smiled at the conductor. Then he leaned forward into the train's path.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train hit and killed a 42-year-old man just before 8 p.m. tonight in Steilacoom, according to West Pierce Fire and Rescue.
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