Light Rail train strikes pedestrian, causes delays
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Officers investigate at the scene of an accident. The RTD reported that one of its Light Rail trans may have struck a pedestrian at Bayoud and Cherokee in Denver on the morning of Dec. 11, 2012.
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Officers investigate at the scene of an accident. The RTD reported that one of its Light Rail trans may have struck a pedestrian at Bayoud and Cherokee in Denver on the morning of Dec. 11, 2012.
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Officers investigate at the scene of an accident. The RTD reported that one of its Light Rail trans may have struck a pedestrian at Bayoud and Cherokee in Denver on the morning of Dec. 11, 2012.
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Officers enter a maintenance building near the scene of a Light Rail train striking a pedestrian on the morning of Dec. 11, 2012.
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Medical crews load a victim they believe may have been struck by a Light Rail train into an ambulance on the morning of Dec. 11, 2012.
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Medical crews load a victim they believe may have been struck by a Light Rail train into an ambulance on the morning of Dec. 11, 2012.
DENVER — The RTD called police Tuesday morning saying one of its Light Rail trains struck a pedestrian. After a lengthy investigation that delayed train operations for over two hours, police found the victim of the accident.
An RTD spokesperson said a train operator going over the Santa Fe flyover near West Bayaud Avenue first reported that something may have been struck by a train at approximately 6 a.m. Police were contacted shortly thereafter.
Following a trail of blood away from the Bayaud Light Rail crossing, Denver Police dispatch confirmed officers found a pedestrian that had been struck by a train.
Dispatch confirmed that the victim was found at a maintenance facility at 655 Mariposa Street. According to dispatch, the individual is alive and was transported to a nearby hospital.
The extent of the individual’s injuries were unknown as of 8:15 a.m.
Officers populated the scene of the accident at the West Bayaud Avenue Light Rail crossing, with the investigation delay the operation of the C, D, E, F and H Light Rail lines until 8:15 a.m., when normal operations resumed
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