NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A 37-year-old man is dead after he was struck by an Amtrak train in New Haven on Saturday evening, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).
Aaron Donovan, an MTA spokesperson, said they received a report from the New Haven Fire Department around 6:30 p.m. about a person that was found dead along the tracks behind the fire department's training academy on Ella T. Grasso Blvd.
The person has been identified only as a 37-year-old Hispanic male, who was reportedly struck around 6:15 p.m. by an Amtrak train. His name was not released.
The Amtrak train had departed from Washington, D.C. around 12:25 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Springfield, Mass at 8:03 p.m., Donovan said.
Donovan said the service is now running "on or close to schedule" after operating on up to 20 minutes of delays on Saturday night.
MTA police and emergency service crews were notified. MTA police are conducting an investigation.
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