PLANT CITY, Fla. — A 26-year-old woman attempting to cross railroad tracks was hit and killed by a train Friday evening, the Plant City Police Department explains in a news release.
At about 5 p.m., a woman was trying to cross the tracks on Maryland Avenue, just south of Baker Street, when she was hit by a westbound Amtrak train. Police said witnesses told them she ran across the tracks in an effort to beat the train.
Maryland Avenue was closed from Baker Street to Church Street as members of the police department investigated the incident.
No other information has been released, at this time.