Another person hit by Acela train

(Christine Hochkeppel for The Boston Globe)

On Thursday, the medical examiner responded to fatal train collision in Providence.

By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff

A dog walker was struck and seriously injured this morning by an Acela Express train in Stonington, Conn., marking the second time in less than 24 hours that one of the high-speed trains has hit a person, an Amtrak spokesperson said.

The 69-year-old woman was airlifted to a local hospital with what were described in a local paper as serious injuries to her right arm. Her dog -- a yellow Labrador -- was killed, according to The Day of New London, Conn.

Train number 2155 was heading south from Boston to Washington, D.C., at 8:27 a.m. when it struck the woman and her dog, said Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Romero. The train was near Walker’s Dock Crossing traveling in an 80-mile-per-hour zone with 213 passengers on board, Romero said. She had not yet confirmed how fast the train was traveling at the time of the collision.

On Thursday, Acela train number 2154 was heading north in Providence, R.I., when it struck three workers who were inspecting tracks at 1:15 p.m. One person was killed, and the other two were injured.

This morning a relative of one of the survivors of the collision in Providence told the Globe that he was "glad to be alive.''

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