BREAKING: Police investigating stopped Amtrak train in Kalamazoo
A man was hit and killed by an Amtrak train in Kalamazoo Monday night, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS). Officers were called around 9:30 p.m., according to a news release, after a train reported hit a bicyclist who was attempting to cross the railroad tracks at Oliver Street, near Stadium Drive. This is near Western Michigan University's main campus in Kalamazoo. News Channel 3 crews arrived on scene around 10 p.m. and saw an Amtrak train halted on the tracks, as well as multiple public safety officers and the Kalamazoo Forensics Crime Lab. The area was taped off with crime scene tape as law enforcement appeared to search the tracks below the train. News Channel 3 crews saw investigators moving what appeared to be an intact bicycle from near the tracks into the crime lab van. According to police, the man was pronounced dead immediately upon their arrival. The incident is still being investigated. Local news : Baby's caretaker accused of involuntary manslaughter seven months after death in Kalamazoo The stopped train, an Amtrak Midwest Siemens SC-44 Charger #4603, appeared to be filled with passengers. An LED ticker read 'Route 354' on the side of the train, which according to Amtrak's website is a daily eastbound passenger train that departs Chicago (CHI) in the late afternoon and travels through Michigan, stopping at the Kalamazoo Transportation Center, before heading toward Detroit. The train pulled away from the scene around 10:50 pm, while KDPS and the crime lab were still on scene investigating. The intersection was reopened shortly thereafter. Train crash: 52-year-old man killed in train-pedestrian crash in Kalamazoo Our crews have reached out directly to Amtrak, whose officials tell us they're working to gather more information about what happened. Anyone with information regarding this incident is being asked to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at (269) 337-8120 or the Kalamazoo Silent Observer at (269) 343-2100. Anonymous tips can also be submitted on their website . This is a developing story.
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