ANOTHER RAIL RUNNER DEATH IN SANTA FE

 

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO MONTHS, A BICYCLIST HAS BEEN HIT AND KILLED BY A RAILRUNNER TRAIN IN SANTA FE. POLICE SPOKESWOMAN CELINA ESPINOZA SAYS THE RAILRUNNER WAS NORTHBOUND LATE MONDAY MORNING, AND THE BICYCLIST WAS WESTBOUND ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR ST. MICHAELS DRIVE. SHE SAYS IT APPEARS THE BICYCLIST WAS HIT AS HE CROSSED THE TRACKS ON THE SIDEWALK. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD LATER AT THE HOSPITAL.

THE RAILRUNNER WAS CARRYING ABOUT 200 PASSENGERS, WHO WERE THEN BUSED TO THEIR DESTINATIONS. IN APRIL, A FEMALE BICYCLIST WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A RAILRUNNER TRAIN NEAR THE ZIA ROAD CROSSING.