The Amtrak Coast Starlight Train was stopped Friday night in Kent after a person was hit an killed by the train.
The incident was reported about 7:45 p.m. Friday near Willis Street and South 259 Street. No one was hurt on the Amtrak train.
Friday's case is the 13th fatality of someone trespassing on train tracks, a spokesman for BNSF Railway said.
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The train left Los Angeles Thursday and passed through Tacoma before the person was hit. Additional identifying details about the person hit were not immediately available.