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Police identify man killed in train collision near south Main Street

Las Cruces police identified 46-year-old Manuel Jose Aguirre as the man killed in a Nov. 26 train collision near south Main Street. Investigators say he was walking on the tracks and did not respond to warnings.

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Police identify man killed in train collision near south Main Street
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Investigators say the victim was walking on the tracks and did not respond to audible warnings

Organ Mountain News report

LAS CRUCES - Las Cruces police have identified 46-year-old Manuel Jose Aguirre as the man killed in a train collision last week near the 1700 block of south Main Street.

Shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26, police and firefighters were dispatched to reports of a man struck by a northbound BNSF train. First responders found Aguirre unresponsive with multiple injuries, and he was declared dead at the scene.

Investigators believe Aguirre had been walking north along the railroad tracks and did not respond to audible warnings from the approaching train.

The collision stopped the train on site and caused traffic at two railroad crossings to divert to nearby intersections while crews worked the scene.

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