BNSF train hits man near Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood
An investigation is underway after a man was hit by a train near Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood Thursday night.
According to the Seattle Police Department, officers were called to Alaskan Way and Bell Street around 5 p.m. When they arrived, they found a man who had been hit by a BNSF train.
The 30-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Seattle Fire Department medics provided aid at the scene and later took the man to Harborview Medical Center.
BNSF will investigate the collision, while SPD investigates possible criminal aspects of the incident.
