Updated with additional details.
A pedestrian died after being struck by a train along the Edmonds waterfront Sunday afternoon, Edmonds police said.
The train was stopped mid-afternoon while police conducted their fatality investigation, and began moving again just after 6 p.m. The Edmonds-Kingston ferry — which was out of service while the train was stopped — also resumed sailings.
“Based on the current information, there will be no further details released,” police said on social media. “The Snohomish County Medical Examiner will determine an official cause and manner of death.”
Sad
Praying for the person and their loved ones. May they rest in peace. May the family have time to heal and grieve in their own ways at their own pace. I pray Jesus wraps around them and gives them the closure and peace they need in this time. So sad!
It is ugly for you to project your religious preferences upon the deceased – you have no idea what their spiritual and/or religious affiliation was, and whether invoking the name of your christian savior-deity would be welcome, neutral, or insulting to their own beliefs (or lack thereof).
It even MORE ugly of you to denigrate their sympathy.
Terrible news. My thoughts go out to their family.
My thoughts and prayers to the family of the person that died and to the conductor of the train and anyone that witnessed it. I can only imagine how horrible that would be. So sorry to hear this.
So sad.
Do other crossings in the surrounding Seattle areas have as many of these incidents? Maybe we don’t hear about them. I just feel like this Edmonds crossing and the Edmonds area has had too many train-pedestrian tragedies.
Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him/her. May he/she rest in peace. Amen. May almighty God bless us with his peace and strength, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Sondra –
It’s a single train track through Edmonds. So, whenever, there’s mechanical issues with a train or a tragedy like this, it will cause long freight trains (sometimes 50+ cars), to block the crossings at Main and Dayton.
As for this incident, the individual was hit by the freight train somewhere north of the ferry dock (around Cary Road which is North of Caspers St. )
Walking on train tracks is both a bad idea and not to mention against the law.