Above: A Times Herald-Record newscast about an accident this morning, in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Kingston.
A Kingston man was struck by a train this morning around 8:30am, while walking on the CSX tracks near the intersection of Foxhall Avenue and Cornell Street.
A press release just issued by the City of Kingston Police Department identified the man as Kingston resident Kurt Woelki, and reports that he has died from his injuries. According to the release, Woelki was flown to Albany Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
An investigation by City of Kingston Police, the New York State Police and CSX Transportation Police is ongoing.
Fatalities on train tracks are an all-too-common event in the area.
Last April, 22-year-old Thomas Heil was struck and killed by a CSX train in Esopus; his brother, who was walking with him, was injured. In 2010, a man was struck and killed by a CSX train in Kingston. In July of 2009, CSX trains struck and killed two people in the local area; one in Kingston, the other in Ulster. And in December of 2008, a 19-year-old Ulster resident was struck and killed by a CSX train.
