25-year-old man killed by train in Rochester

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A 25-year-old man from Rochester was killed after being hit by a train in Rochester Saturday.

Rochester Police Department (RPD) received a report of a train hitting a pedestrian who was lying on the train tracks near North Broadway Avenue and Civic Center Drive NE around 11:30 p.m.

Rochester Police Department, the Canadian Pacific Police Service and the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office investigated the incident.

The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Tuesday the incident was a suicide.

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available for those in distress: 1-800-273-8255.

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