A 30-year-old woman was struck and killed by a freight train Wednesday afternoon while she was walking dogs near Bird Point.
Just before 1 p.m., a southbound train hit and killed one of the women, who has not been identified, and one of the dogs, said the railroad’s statement.
According to the statement, the Alaska Railroad Security Police and the Anchorage Police Department responded to Mile 96 of the Seward Highway, between Anchorage and Girdwood. The railroad has initiated an investigation. Anchorage police are notifying the woman’s family, it said.The 100-foot right-of-way zone on either side of the tracks is closed to the public, said the railroad’s statement. It said train crews routinely sound the train horn when approaching the curve near Bird Point.
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