SEATTLE — A South Carolina man leapt from in front of an oncoming freight train, only to succumb to a passing Amtrak train south of Seattle on Sunday, the News Tribune reports.
The Tacoma, Wash., news outlet cites a local public safety official saying that a transient man in his 20s was trespassing on railroad property about 8:30 a.m. Sunday when he dodged a BNSF Railway freight train, but was struck and killed by a southbound Amtrak destined for Portland, Ore.
The man died at the scene. The double-track line is a route for Amtrak Cascades trains, it was closed for three hours Sunday morning.
