A man was taken to the hospital Thursday evening after he was struck by a train in Bristol Township.
The man was struck by Amtrak Northeast Regional train 193 around 6:45 p.m. on the tracks between Penn Street and Spring Avenue in Bristol Township’s Croydon section.
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Emergency responders were called to the scene around 7:05 p.m. to help search for the man after Amtrak crews could not locate him.
Croydon Fire Company Chief Tom Tryon said the man was eventually discovered alive near the tracks not far from where he was hit.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Volunteer firefighters, police and medics rushed to the scene and helped lift the injured man over the fence and to a waiting ambulance. The fire chief said the man was conscious when he was rescued.
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Tryon said the man was transported to Aria Health’s Torresdale Campus in Philadelphia for treatment.
Amtrak police are working to investigate the incident.
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Amtrak train 193 was heading from New York City to Washington D.C. when the man was struck, transit agency spokesman Mike Tolbert said.
A Wilmington resident who was on the train told LevittownNow.com he heard the train strike the man. A short time later the conductor told the passengers what happened.
Ouch! The conductor on @Amtrak 193 just announced that “we may have struck a trespasser”.
— Steven Bellovin (@SteveBellovin) October 20, 2016
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The train let passengers out at SEPTA’s nearby Croydon Regional Rail Station. Some passengers took cabs and ride shares while others waited for another Amtrak train to take them to their destinations.
As of 8:30 p.m., there were some delays on the Northeast Regional line due to the incident, Tolbert said.
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