Woman killed, man injured hopping train in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed and a man injured while hopping a train in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh public safety officials say emergency responders were called to the Norfolk Southern train tracks on the city’s South Side at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
They found that a man and woman had been hopping a train when the woman fell and was dragged under the train. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The man also fell and injured his ankle.
Norfolk Southern spokesman Jon Glass said a freight train carrying coal was traveling on Norfolk Southern’s Mon line at about three to four miles per hour at the time of the accident.
He said the accident occurred behind the train’s crew and they weren’t aware anyone had been hit.