Man killed by TRE train

Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fri, Jul. 27, 2007
DALLAS -- A 41-year-old man died Friday after he was hit by a Trinity Railway Express train about 3:15 p.m. Friday, officials said.

Witnesses told authorities the man was knocked off a bridge over Inwood Road near Interstate 35E by a westbound train, said Claudia Garibay, a Dallas Area Rapid Transit spokeswoman.

Officials with the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas County medical examiner's office were still at the scene investigating the incident at 5 p.m. No one aboard the train was injured, officials said. The train was under way in about an hour.

Including Friday's death, there have been eight fatalities involving TRE trains since they began operating in 1996. The most recent fatality, before Friday, was in July 2006, Garibay said.