Police: Man struck, killed by train on bridge over I-69 on Bloomington’s west side

On Friday (Aug. 22) a man was killed when he was hit by a train on the railroad bridge over I-69—which is south of the 3rd Street overpass and north of the Bloomfield Road (2nd Street) overpass. That’s according to a news release issued by Bloomington police on Saturday morning.

According to the news release, the train's engineer told investigators that he saw the man walk onto the tracks and he immediately blew the train's horn and tried to make an emergency stop. According to the release the man did not move off the tracks and the engineer was unable to get the train stopped before hitting the man.

According to the release, it is not known the man’s next of kin have been notified, so his name is not being released.