Man killed on Westborough commuter tracks

By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent

A man was struck and killed by a train at the Westborough commuter rail station today, police said, in the second train-related incident in two days.

The man, whose name was not released by authorities, was pronounced dead at the scene after he was hit by Amtrak train 449 en route from Boston to Albany, N.Y., police and Amtrak officials said.

The man was struck on the tracks near the Smith Parkway station in Westborough, Amtrak spokeswoman Tracy Connell said.

There were no injuries to the 92 passengers on board the train, who were taken by buses to Albany after nearly three hours of delays, Connell said.

The case appeared to be a suicide, said Worcester County district attorney's spokesman Tim Connolly. Westborough police are working with state, transit, Amtrak, and CSX police, to investigate the accident.

Last night, Gregory Buchanan, 54, was struck by a commuter rail train in Framingham, police and fire officials said. He was flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with non-life-threatening leg injuries, Framingham police Sergeant Michael Esposito said.

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