DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – Police in De Pere have confirmed to Local 5 that the woman who was struck by a train on April 1 has died from her injuries.
The incident occurred before 3 p.m. on Wednesday when officials say a woman tripped and fell into the tracks, and was trying to ask family members for help via phone call.
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At the time, De Pere Police Captain Nathan Mrstik said that preliminary reports revealed a woman in her 80s was struck by the train.
“She fell on the tracks as she was walking, and tried to call family members to help her get off the tracks,” Captain Mrstik said. “The train was coming down the tracks and saw her a ways out, and started to brake, but still struck her.”
Captain Mrstik told Local 5 at the scene that she had been hospitalized with unknown injuries at the time.
