Man dead after being hit by train in Rochester
Civic Center Drive Northwest and First Avenue Northwest in Rochester (Courtesy of KAAL)
One man is dead after being hit by a train in Rochester on Saturday night.
According to the Rochester Police Department, at around 10:45 p.m., officers responded to Civic Center Drive Northwest and First Avenue Northwest on report of a man being hit by a train.
Witnesses state the train was crossing through the intersection when a man got too close to a passing boxcar and was hit. He was brought to the hospital and died a short time later.
Authorities identified the victim as a 23-year-old man from Rochester.
In a separate incident, while police were at the scene of the train incident, a vehicle drove through the blocked-off area and backed into the side of an apartment building on First Avenue Northwest.
Officials say the driver was arrested for suspected DUI and that no one was injured.