Overview
- Police say officers responded to train tracks behind the 0–100 block of Emily Street and found a toddler who had been struck by a train.
- The child was rushed to Baystate Medical Center and later died from injuries, according to Springfield police statements.
- The Springfield Police Department Detective Bureau, led by Captain Trent Duda, is conducting the investigation.
- Local broadcasters have reported the child was 21 months old and that an Amtrak train was involved, but those details have not been fully confirmed by police in the statements cited.
- Amtrak issued a statement saying one of its trains made contact with a person near Springfield and that the company is cooperating with local authorities as the inquiry continues.