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Police ID man struck by train in Brainerd
Brainerd Police Chief Mike Bestul said last week the train operator told police he saw a man walking toward the tracks, get onto the tracks and into the path of the train. The operator applied the brakes but was not able to stop in time and hit the man.
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Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal pedestrian train crash Thursday, July 1, 2021, near Northwest Fourth and Laurel streets in Brainerd. BNSF personnel called 911 just before 9 a.m. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
A 66-year-old Brainerd man who died after being struck by a BNSF Railway train Thursday, July 1, was identified by the Brainerd Police Department.
Local railroad incidents over the past 10 years, not counting Thursday’s death, include:
10 in Crow Wing County with two resulting in death. One person died in 2014 and the other in 2018.
10 in Cass County, with one fatal in 2019.
Seven in Morrison County, but none resulted in death.
Two in Aitkin County, but neither were fatal.
Four in Wadena County, but none were fatal.
Eight in Todd County, with one fatal in 2013.
In the entire state since 2012, there have been 1,848 incidents involving people injured on a railroad and 93 of them were fatal.
Law enforcement at the scene of a stopped train shortly after 9 a.m. at Northwest Fourth Street in Brainerd. Jennifer Kraus / Brainerd Dispatch