A woman who was walking along the railroad tracks in Westminster was struck and killed by a train early Saturday afternoon, according to the Westminster Police Department.
The woman was walking north in “very close proximity” to the railroad tracks at about 1:35 p.m. near the 10500 block of Wadsworth Boulevard, south of Lower Church Lake, when a northbound train approached. The operator of the Burlington Northern Railroad train spotted the woman, sounded the horn and applied the brakes, but it appears that the woman did not hear the train, said investigator Kate Kazell of the Westminster Police Department.
Preliminary police investigation shows that the woman may have been wearing headphones, Kazell said.
The woman, who has not yet been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Westminster Police are working in conjunction with Burlington Northern Railroad on the investigation. No additional information was expected to be available on Saturday, Kazell said.
