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Man standing on North Side railroad tracks hit by freight train, police say

Man, who is in his 50s, suffered critical injuries

SAN ANTONIO – For the second time this week, San Antonio police are investigating a crash involving a freight train and a pedestrian.

In the latest case, the man who was hit survived.

Officers who responded to the 911 call before 7 a.m. Thursday spoke with the train conductor who told them he saw a man standing on the tracks not far from W. Summit and Blanco Road.

The crash happened near W. Summit and Blanco Road. (KSAT 12 News)

The conductor told them he tried, but was not able to stop in time. The train hit the man.

Police searched the area where it happened and, initially, could not find the man.

They say they later found him in front of the train, which had stopped about 150 yards down the tracks.

The man was taken to a hospital by ambulance, with what police say were critical injuries.

This is the second case this week for San Antonio police involving a train and pedestrian. (KSAT 12 News)

This is at least the second incident this week involving a pedestrian and train.

Early Tuesday morning, police found another man dead on a Northeast Side railroad bridge, not far from Interstate 35 and Loop 410.

They said at the time that it appeared he had fallen asleep on the tracks, then got run over by a train.

In both cases, police described the people who were hit as being homeless.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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Azian Bermea is a photojournalist at KSAT.

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