A 37-year-old Waterford Township man was killed when he was hit by a train in Springfield Township Tues., April 10.
The incident was ruled a suicide, said Sgt. Mark Gardner of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Springfield Township substation.
According to police reports, the conductor and engineer saw the man sitting on the tracks from about 30 yards off, but were unable to brake quickly enough.
The train was traveling south at about 43 mph, enroute from Battle Creek to Pontiac at about 10:40 p.m. when it struck the man, who did not attempt to move as the train approached.
The incident occurred about one mile west of Eaton Road and a quarter-mile north of Davisburg Road.