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Authorities Wednesday identified a BNSF Railway conductor who was struck and killed by a passing train as a 52-year-old man. Montana Man.
Daniel Peterson died at the scene of the accident on Sunday morning COLUMBUSMontana. The cause was blunt force trauma, Stillwater County Undersheriff Randy Smith said.
Peterson was between two trains on different tracks at the time of the accident. According to emergency officials, a train was moving ahead and hit him.
No further details have been released on the accident. It is being verified National Transportation Safety Board,
Texas-based BNSF operates one of the largest freight railway networks in the US. A BNSF spokesperson referred questions to the NTSB. The federal agency responded to an email seeking comment with an automated email reply saying they would not be able to respond due to the shutdown.
Columbus is a town of about 2,000 people 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Billings, Montana, where Peterson lived, according to Smith.
A report by the Federal Railroad Administration last year found that BNSF was generally attempting to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that the message did not always reach front-line workers, who often did not feel comfortable reporting safety concerns for fear of being disciplined.
The agency prepared the report as part of an effort to review all major railroads to address safety concerns following the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine. ohio,