Police: Pedestrian killed by train in Edmonds

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EDMONDS — One person was killed when a train struck a pedestrian Tuesday in Edmonds, police said.

Around 12:40 p.m., police received a 911 call about a person in crisis at the railroad tracks in the 700 block of Driftwood Lane. During their search, officers were “advised that a train had struck someone,” Edmonds police Cmdr. Josh McClure said.

The tracks remain closed as police investigated Tuesday.

Prior to Tuesday, 18 people had been struck and killed by trains in Snohomish County in the past five years, according to the state Utilities and Transportation Commission.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/police-pedestrian-killed-by-train-in-edmonds/

[Wonder Why]

1. Unfortunately, the likelihood is that this would have been suicide by train.

The train doesn't leave the tracks unless it has a problem and then it would derail so that means the person was a trespasser either intentionally or just got too close to the tracks without realizing it. Engineers will sound their horn when they see someone too close for safety but it can take up to a mile for a freight train or a half mile for a passenger train to stop.

In any case, it is the pedestrian who is responsible unless they are at a crossing with signals that did not activate.

It is sad for the victim and even sadder for the engineer and anyone else in the engine's cab who would have seen someone be struck but be unable to do anything about it. Many engineers end up with short, and sometimes long, periods of PTSD from these encounters.