Pedestrian struck, killed by train near Castle Rock

[DET63]

A man was struck and killed by a freight train while walking across the Toutle River railroad bridge north of Castle Rock shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Cowlitz County sheriff's deputies recovered the man's body from the north end of the span.

Gus Melonas, spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, said a southbound Union Pacific freight train traveling on the BNSF double main line struck the man as he trespassed on the trestle about 18 miles north of Longview.

Roger Werth / The Daily News

Two officials walk under the Toutle River railroad trestle

Tuesday where a man was struck by a train and killed

around 9 a.m. earlier in the day.

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[George Harris]

Something is strange here. This bridge appears to have a walkway, so there would be a way of escape other than climbing out on the truss or jumping off. Was the person plugged into loud music? Was this a suicide? Was it freezing in panic?