Unidentified Man Struck, Killed by Train

A man was struck and killed by an freight train in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night, Feb. 11.

Police responded to the 300 block of Cedar Avenue at 8:58 p.m. after receiving a report of a male struck by a train, Pittsburgh Police said in a press release.

Police said a middle-aged, white male walked onto the tracks and proceeded to lay across them as the Norfolk-Southern-owned freight train traveled northbound. The train engineer sounded the horn repeatedly to alert the man and applied the brakes, but was not able to stop in time, police said in the release.

Medics pronounced the man dead on arrival.

The investigation is ongoing.