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Las Cruces police believe fatality Monday night may have been accidental; Investigation continuing

Police and railroad investigators are continuing to look into an incident Monday night in which a pedestrian identified as Sean Fischer, 36, of Las Cruces was struck by a train and killed, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.

Las Cruces Police Department spokesman Dan Trujillo told the newspaper that detectives believe the fatality may have been accidental.

The Sun-News said that according to Joe Faust, a spokesman for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Fischer was struck by the southbound train shortly before 10 p.m. Monday about 200 feet west of McClure Road in Las Cruces.

Fischer's body has been sent to the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator for autopsy, according to the newspaper.

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 07:10

A pedestrian was struck and killed on the railroad tracks between McClure and Parker roads in central Las Cruces around 10 p.m. Monday, and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was halted while Las Cruces police and BNSF investigators attempted to identify the man, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News.

More details were expected later today, police told the Sun-News.