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Originally published Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 1:05 PM

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Woman hit by freight train near Tacoma

A young woman was hit by a freight train and killed late Friday while walking on a Burlington Northern train trestle just north of Tacoma.

TACOMA — A young woman was hit by a freight train and killed late Friday while walking on a Burlington Northern train trestle just north of Tacoma.

Burlington Northern spokesman Gus Melonas says the woman in her early 20s was struck at 11 p.m. by a Union Pacific train traveling on Burlington Northern tracks near the Black River Station. The freight train was on its way to Portland. The tracks were closed until 5 a.m. Saturday.

Melonas says this was the fifth trespasser fatality on Burlington Northern property in 2009. Sixteen people were killed while trespassing on the tracks in 2008.

He says the woman was from another state, but her name has not been released.

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I was good friends with the young woman. RIP to her. :(  Posted on June 28, 2009 at 12:26 PM by rolexx. Jump to comment
Why would she think it is a good idea to walk on a train trestle, particularly at 11p.m.? Trains do not swerve to avoid you and you cannot exactly...  Posted on June 27, 2009 at 6:22 PM by Nortac. Jump to comment
I noticed there is no by-line on this article. Anyone who thinks Black River is near Tacoma is either dumb or lazy or both. Way to go with sloppy...  Posted on June 28, 2009 at 11:41 AM by WaterBaby66. Jump to comment

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