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The pedestrian killed in a collision with a train in Gilbert has been identified and next of kin notified, police said.
The victim was a 23-year-old male, but Gilbert police did not release his name.
The collision happened March 30 shortly before 11 a.m. near Williams Field and Higley roads in Gilbert. The operators of a Union Pacific train reported a collision involving a pedestrian along the railroad tracks.
Gilbert police detectives responded and assumed the investigation after the pedestrian was pronounced deceased. Through information gathered in the investigation, detectives learned that the pedestrian had parked his vehicle at a local business and made his way over to the railroad tracks.
Train personnel reported that they saw the male walking along the tracks at the time of the collision.
Based on the latest information, this incident is being investigated as an apparent suicide, police said.
