SAN ANTONIO – A man sleeping on train tracks was hit and killed by a freight train early Tuesday morning.
The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. on some tracks above the on-ramp at the access road of I-35 and Loop 410 westbound, on the city’s Northeast Side.
According to police, the man was sleeping on an elevated section of the train tracks just before being struck. No one else was hurt.
Authorities said the man was killed instantly. His name and age have not been released.
A man familiar with the area told KSAT 12 he regularly sees people from a homeless encampment nearby walking across the tracks.
The San Antonio Police Department and Union Pacific both responded to the situation.
The tracks had to be shut down for a while, but they have since reopened.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.