On Thursday, Nov. 25, at approximately 2:07 p.m., a woman was struck by an AMTRAK train near Golden Gardens, the Seattle Police Department reports.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman was walking on the southbound tracks near NW Neptune Pl and NW Blue Ridge Dr. and didn’t hear the train coming because she was wearing headphones.

The train engineers of the Amtrak Train #7, which is the Chicago to Seattle Empire Builder, started the emergency stop procedures and sounded the air horn repeatedly. 

The train was traveling approximately 38 to 40 MPH.  The person continued to walk southbound down the center of the tracks and did not react to the air horn.

The train struck the person approximately 75 yards south of the west side entrance to the Blue Ridge park, which is located at NW Neptune Pl/NW Blue Ridge Dr & Triton Dr NW.

The King County Medical Examiner responded to gather additional evidence and recover the body of the 41- year- old female.