Posted on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 : 1:04 p.m.
Ypsilanti police confirm pedestrian-train accident this afternoon
By Suzy Sherman
Ypsilanti police confirmed there was an accident between a pedestrian and an Amtrak train in the city today.
No further details are available as of 1 p.m., but check back for updates this afternoon.
Comments
David Briegel
Sat, Aug 29, 2009 : 8:28 a.m.
Why no update?
Ann English
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 : 6:33 p.m.
WAAM said that the accident happened at railroad tracks near Michigan Avenue and Ecorse; sounds like it happened on or near that railroad bridge over Michigan Avenue. I looked at the FREEP link and it sounds like it's a double railroad, one eastbound, one westbound. No word yet on whether any vehicular traffic was affected. If none was, then this collision did take place on the two-railroad line bridge. I know of two pedestrian-train accidents on the Penn-Central Railroad (which follows the Huron River), both of which closed off railroad crossings.
John Hritz
Fri, Aug 28, 2009 : 2:47 p.m.
Freep is carrying this story. Not much more detail: http://www.freep.com/article/20090828/NEWS05/90828051/1001/NEWS/Amtrak-train-kills-man-in-Ypsilanti