Amtrak train strikes, kills man walking on tracks

Man wearing headphones, didn't hear the coming train

DETROIT – Detroit police said a man was hit and killed Sunday evening by an Amtrak train as he walked down some tracks.

Police said the train tried to slow down and blared it's horn, but the man was struck at 15th and Warren on the city's west side.

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Police said the man was wearing headphones and apparently didn't hear the train.

The unidentified man is thought by police to be in his 50s.