Woman struck by train in Killeen: police

KILLEEN, Texas - The Killeen Police Department is investigating the death of a woman who was struck by a train.

On May 1, just before 7:30 p.m., Killeen police officers responded to the 100 block of 8th Street where a pedestrian had reportedly been struck by a BSNF train at the railroad crossing.

Officers arrived and found a woman's body on the tracks. She was later identified as 58-year-old Christine Gerlinde Rottman.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the train had been traveling around 25 mph eastbound near the crossing when the conductor noticed a person on the tracks.

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The conductor sounded the train's horn and applied the emergency brakes, but the woman did not move and the train hit her.

Rottman was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. and an autopsy has been ordered.

The investigation into her death is ongoing.