Evening incident highlights rail safety concerns in Weld County
A woman was killed Thursday evening after being struck by a train in Greeley, according to the Greeley Police Department.
Police responded around 8 p.m. on April 23 to the 300 block of North 8th Avenue following reports of a pedestrian on the tracks. Investigators say a southbound Union Pacific train conductor saw what appeared to be a person crouched on the tracks and immediately sounded the horn and initiated emergency braking.
Despite those efforts, the train—carrying approximately 26 million pounds of freight—was unable to stop in time due to limited stopping distance…