Crime & Safety
Police: Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Train in Dumfries
Virginia Railway Express trains were stalled at Woodbridge due to the incident.
A Virginia Railway Express train on the Fredericksburg line struck and killed a pedestrian in Dumfries Monday night, according to officials.
VRE train 311 was stopped on the tracks near Cherry Hill Road in Dumfries for what VRE called a "trespasser strike" in an advisory.
Train 313 was held at the Woodbridge station. As of 9:15 p.m., VRE said train 313's equipment was on the move and "should be alongside 311 in approximately 15 minutes."
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Prince William County Police posted an advisory on their Facebook page that there was a confirmed fatality and investigators were on scene. Immediate information concerning the gender of the pedestrian has not been released.
In October, a pedestrian was struck and killed in Spotsylvania County on the Fredericksburg line.
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