EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) - Authorities say a high school student was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in East Greenwich over the weekend.
Amtrak police say the Northeast Regional train heading south from Boston to Washington D.C. hit the teenage girl on the tracks just after 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Spokesman Mike Tolbert says 378 people were aboard the train.
Superintendent Karen Tarasevich on Monday confirmed the girl attended West Warwick High School.
Tolbert tells WPRI-TV the train tops out at 125 mph and takes several miles to stop if the engineer sees a person on the tracks. One must climb a hill and proceed through a gate to access the tracks at that location.
An investigation is underway.
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