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Man killed by Amtrak train walked around railroad crossing gates, witnesses say

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Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com By Gus Burns | fburns@mlive.com
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on May 23, 2016 at 2:00 PM, updated May 23, 2016 at 2:13 PM
 
 

WESTLAND, MI -- The Westland man struck and killed by a passenger train Sunday evening walked around the railroad crossing gate arms, witnesses tell police.

"Preliminary witness statements (indicated) that the gates were down and that he walked around the gates," said Westland Deputy Chief Brian Miller on Monday afternoon. "And those Amtrak passenger trains are ... much faster than those freight trains."

The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 37-year-old Robert Turner. His death has been ruled accidental due to multiple blunt-force injuries.

WDIV-TV, Channel 4 News reported the man was pushing a bike across the tracks at the time of the collision.

The train was transporting 104 passengers from Chicago to Pontiac. They were removed and bused to their destination while the investigation was conducted.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.



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It was no accident. He was a dumb fuck.

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If he had been riding the bike, he mite have beat the train across...........



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Another bad one in California. Mom and young daughter killed in 'trapped' SUV as Amtrak passes through at 79 MPH. Normal operating speed.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/144457278-story



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