NFTA: man killed in incident involving Metro Rail

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority is investigating a deadly incident involving the Metro Rail Thursday evening.

BREAKING TONIGHT --A MAN IS DEAD AFTERBEING STRUCK BY ATRAIN IN THE THEATERDISTRICT.GOOD EVENING.RAIL SERVICE HASBEEN SHUT DOWNFOR THE REST OF THENIGHT.THE N-F-T-A GAVE ANUPDATE ON THISSTORY JUST A FEWMINUTES AGO.NIKKI DEMENTRI ISLIVE ON MAIN STREETIN BUFFALO WITHWHAT THEY HAD TOSAY.NFTA POLICE SAY AMAN WAS KILLEDAFTER TRYING TOMOVE BETWEEN RAILCARS EARLIER THISEVENING.I WWNT TO TAKE ALOOK AT THE SCENEHERE.

IT STARTS ATFOUNTAIN PLAZA ANDSTRETCHES DOWN TOTHE METRO TUNNELRIGHT IN FRONT OFSHEAS ALONG MAINSTREET.HERES WHAT WEKNOW...AROUND 8:30 THISEVENING, POLICE SAYA MAN WAS MOVINGBETWEEN RAILCARS..WHERE ITAPPEARS HE WASDRAGGED FOR SOMETIME AND DIED.ITS BELIEVE HEJUMPED ONTO THETRAIN INITIALLY ATFOUNTAIN PLAZA...ANDTHE TRAIN STOPPEDINSIDE THE TUNNEL INFRONT OF SHEASTHEATER ON MAIN.

IT'SUNCLEAR EXACTLYWHO ALERTED THETRAIN OPERATOR THISHAPPENED.POLICE SAY A WITNESSWAS INTERVIEWED.AND THE TRAINOPERATOR ISCURRENTLY BEINGINTERVIEWED AT NFTAHEADQUARTERS.

THEOPERATOR WILL ALSOBE DRUG TESTED.POLICE SAY THIS HASHAPPENED BEFORE.THEY ALSO SAIDTHEY'VE TICKETEDRIDERS FOR MOVINGBETWEEN RAIL CARS.THE WITNESS WAS ONTHE SIDEWALK, ANDACTUALLY OBSERVEDTHE INDIVIDUALATTEMPT TO MOVEBETWEEN THE TWORAIL CARS, OURINVESTIGATORS HAVEALSO CONFIRMEDTHROUGH VIDEO THATTHAT'S WHAT TOOKPLACETHE MAN WHO DIEDTHIS EVENING HAS YETTO BE IDENTIFIED.THEY DONT KNOW HISNAME OR AGE AT THISPOINT.POLICE SAY WHEN HEIS, FAMILY WILL BENOTIFIED.THE NFTA CHIEF SAYSTHE METRO WILL BESHUT DOWN THROUGHTHE EVENING AS THISINVESTIGATIONTHE SIDEWALK, ANDACTUALLY OBSERVEDTHE INDIVIDUALATTEMPT TO MOVEBETWEEN THE TWORAIL CARS, OURINVESTIGATORS HAVEALSO CONFIRMEDTHROUGH VIDEO THATTHAT'S WHAT TOOKPLACETHE MAN WHO DIEDTHIS EVENING HAS YETTO BE IDENTIFIED.THE NFTA CHIEF SAYSTHE METRO WILL BESHUT DOWN THROUGHTHE EVENING AS THISINVESTIGATIONCONTINUES.LIVE IN DOWNTOWNBUFFALO, ND, 7EWN.