Officials identify Auburn man killed by Sounder train

A pedestrian who was hit and killed Tuesday by a Sounder commuter train near Auburn has been identified as Bradley Malone.

It remains unclear what Malone, 58, was doing on the tracks when he was struck about 6:45 a.m by a BNSF train traveling from Tacoma to Seattle.

The accident temporarily halted freight and passenger trains just north of Auburn.

Malone’s death was the 26th train-related fatality in the state this year, BNSF spokesman Guy Melonas said. That’s the highest number of fatal train accidents in the last two decades.

This story was originally published December 10, 2015 at 12:28 PM with the headline "Officials identify Auburn man killed by Sounder train."