Pedestrian killed by Amtrak train

LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas

A man was struck and killed Saturday by an Amtrak train near Highway 90 and County Road 154.

 

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Liberty County Sheriff’s dispatchers received a call from Union Pacific personnel around 4:30 p.m. that one of their trains had hit a pedestrian.

 

The pedestrian was dead on scene, deputies say.

 

Deputies and D.P.S are at the scene investigating and Union Pacific police on their way to help.

 

Justice of the Peace Judge Stephen Hebert was called to conduct the inquest.

 

It is unclear why the man was on the railroad tracks.

 

We will continue to update details here as the investigation continues.