Man posing for photo struck, killed by train near Kalama
A man posing for a photo south of Kalama was struck and killed by an Amtrak train Saturday morning.
According to a press release from the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office, the man had been driving to Portland from Tacoma. He and a female traveling companion stopped to smoke a cigarette and take photos along the Columbia River near the 300 block of Dupont Road in Kalama.
The man was posing for a photo between the two railroad tracks while a northbound BNSF freight train was approaching. He apparently did not see an approaching southbound Amtrak train, which struck and killed him at about 10:30 a.m., according to the press release.