A woman who was strolling on or close to the tracks north of Oregon City was struck and killed by an Amtrak Cascades train on Sunday when it was traveling from Eugene to Seattle, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office spokeswoman, Sgt. Ross Clemson, stated that the victim’s name will not be made public until her family has been informed.
The 183 passengers and crew members on board the train were unharmed, according to Amtrak spokesperson Kimberly Woods.
Eight miles southeast of Portland on Sunday morning, the train was delayed for almost two hours, according to an online tracker.
Just north of Oregon City, we were. In a phone call conducted Sunday morning from the train, traveler Lorraine Berry stated, “We were in the woods and we had just passed underneath a trestle.”
According to Berry, the train came to a stop at approximately 10:16 a.m., and a PA announcement told passengers that the reason for the delay was a trespasser who had come into touch with the train’s equipment.
According to Berry, there was a subsequent update alerting passengers to the fact that someone who had been strolling on the tracks had been struck at high speed. A short way later, the train stopped to await the arrival of the authorities. According to Amtrak data, it resumed its journey at 11:24 am and halted again five minutes later. According to Berry, that was done in order to wait for a replacement crew to take over the remainder of the voyage. At 12:09 p.m., the train started heading north once more in the direction of Portland.
“I’m trying to imagine the life of the person who was on the tracks, and it’s really upsetting, not just because I feel bad for the crew on the train,” Berry added. I would hate to think that someone died alone, therefore I hope that their death was swift and painless and that their family learns about it soon.
A freight train struck and killed an 18-year-old Canby High School student just north of a crosswalk near the Clackamas County Fairgrounds in March, and an Amtrak train struck and killed a deaf man who was crossing the railroad lines at a pedestrian crossroads in Canby last June.
Julia Silverman writes for The Oregonian/OregonLive about K–12 education. You can contact her at [email protected].
