Man Dies After Being Hit By Train In Waltham

WALTHAM, MA — A person was hit and killed by an MBTA commuter rail train near the MBTA Brandeis Commuter Rail Station Wednesday evening, according to MBTA Transit Police. The fatality marks the seventh commuter rail fatality so far this year.

Emergency responders were called to the area of South and Sawyer Road in Waltham for a report of person possibly struck by a train. When they arrived, they found a man who had been walking on track 1 was struck by an outbound commuter rail train on the Fitchburg Line. He was pronounced dead as a result of injures sustained.

MBTA Fitchburg Line was delayed.

This comes a day after a person was hit by a train in Newton on the Framingham/Worcester line.

June 1 a man was hit and killed near the MBTA Fairmount Commuter Rail station. On May 29, a man was struck and killed by a commuter rain train in Hanson on the Kingston/Plymouth line. On April 6, a man died in Wilmington on from injuries sustained after being struck by an inbound Lowell Commuter Rail train. On March 16 a man died after MBTA Transit Police say he was struck by a commuter rail train near Montserrat Station in Beverly. On February 5, a man died after being hit by a Franklin Line commuter rail train at the Norwood Depot.

In 2017, transit agencies reported 241 fatalities, according to the Federal Transit Administration. Most of these fatalities were members of the public, such as non-customer pedestrians, cyclists, and occupants of other vehicles. Rail security events (such as suicides and homicides) and non-rail collisions accounted for 68.9 percent of all fatalities in 2017.

Waltham resident Matt Carter had it first:

This is a breaking news update. More to come.

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