A train hit and killed a woman near Sunnyside Beach Park Monday in Steilacoom.
Steilacoom Public Safety officers responded to the Sunnyside Beach railroad crossing shortly before 4 p.m., according to Steilacoom Chief of Police Tom Yabe. Within minutes, the first units arrived and found the woman had died from her injuries, he told The News Tribune via email.
Medical authorities pronounced her dead at 4:13 p.m. and the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office will continue the investigation, he said.
It doesn't appear that a crime or an act of self-harm occurred based on available evidence, according to Yabe.
"Our hearts are with a family who is grieving the sudden and unexpected loss of their loved one," Yabe wrote.
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