FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 

DATE: August 17, 2024

CONTACT:     Salem Police Communications Office | spdmedia@cityofsalem.net

Salem, Ore. — At about 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 16, emergency responders were called to the area of Blossom DR and Niles AV NE due to a collision involving a train and a person on the railway.

An Amtrak crew traveling southbound on the Union Pacific rail line reported a man standing on the tracks facing the oncoming train. The rail crew sounded the horn multiple times and used emergency measures to stop but could not avoid the collision as the man did not move for unknown reasons.

Fernando Aguilera-Bravo, age 35 of Salem, was declared deceased at the scene.

By 10:45 p.m., the investigation was completed, and the train was released from the scene. There were no traffic impacts.

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