A man met his untimely death after he was hit by a train
while trying to take a selfie with a woman on train
tracks, police in Washington said. Read more as
reported by Scoop :
Kalama Police said that the man of Portland,
Oregon, was struck and killed by an Amtrak
train while he and his friend posed on the
tracks in the middle of a trip from Tacoma to
Portland.
According to the police investigation, the
man stopped at the Kalama River to smoke a
cigarette and take photos with the woman on
the railroad tracks three miles south of
Kalama.
One train approached them around 10:30
a.m. on Saturday, and they moved to the
other tracks. However, the two did not
realize that the Amtrak train was
approaching them.
The train struck the man as he posed for
pictures. The woman was unhurt in the
incident, but the man died at the scene.
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