Woman Hit, Seriously Injured By Train In Concord

CONCORD (CBS) – A Commuter Rail train on the Fitchburg line struck and seriously injured a woman in Concord Thursday afternoon. Passengers on the train thought it was just another stop on the way into Boston until investigators got on board with them.

"We didn't know what happened, it stopped and next thing we knew they came on the train they said there was going to be a delay," passenger Pat Doyle said.

Doyle was one of the two dozen people on the train when investigators told them that delay was because of an accident and the train had hit someone.

"It was terrible. No one that was on the train got hurt and you had no sense that anything happened other than you could see some clothing a bag on the side of the railroad track here," he explained. "They transported her pretty quickly I guess."

Transit Police say the woman, who is approximately 70-years-old was struck by the inbound commuter rail train coming from Fitchburg just before 1:00 pm on Thursday.

Investigators say she had to be medflighted to the hospital due to serious injuries.

"There is a lot of crossing activity but of course we couldn't see the front of the train," Doyle said.

Investigators were on scene for over two hours and most passengers were picked up by a shuttle.

Some say others have been hit around here before but this is a first.

"Not often by the train entrance here, just by the lines so this is more rare," Tom Matthews explained. "I'm saddened for her. We walk to school this morning and walk all over the neighborhood it's just sad to hear that."

We know the woman was taken to a Boston hospital and right now it is unclear if she was waiting for a train or trying to cross over the tracks when she was hit.

Transit Police say the incident is still under investigation.