PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – Authorities have identified a man who died after a crash with a Portland MAX train on Tuesday.
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 61-year-old Anthony Davis of Salem, who was part of a construction crew working on a project nearby.
The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. when MCSO Transit Police responded to a 911 call reporting that a person was hit by a MAX Blue Line train on East Burnside Street at Southeast 141st Avenue in Portland.
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Officers arrived at the scene to find that Davis “suffered significant traumatic injuries” and died at the scene.
During the investigation, authorities learned that after Davis walked onto the tracks, the train operator sounded the horn and tried to stop the train using the emergency brake system, however, the train didn’t stop in time and struck Davis.
Authorities said it is not clear why Davis was on the tracks, noting he did not use a pedestrian crossing.