Extremely Intoxicated Man Laid On Tracks As Train Passed: Report

WAUKESHA, WI — Police in Waukesha say a 37-year-old man has been arrested and is awaiting charges after he escaped certain death as a train passed over him as he lay on the tracks, then ran from police when they went to investigate the incident. Police say they tracked the man down, and that he was "extremely" intoxicated.

According to Waukesha Police call logs, officers were called to the area of N. Hartwell Ave. and Arcadian Ave. at just after 7 p.m. Friday on a report that a person may have been struck by a train. Police said they received reports that the train stopped, and that the person's body was located underneath on the tracks. Police said they fielded reports that the person was deceased.

Police told Patch that an officer out at the scene reported that the person may have been laying on the train tracks, and that the train may have passed over him, leaving him uninjured.

Waukesha police said that the person did, in fact, escape injury. Police say they saw the man run from police as they went to investigate.

Police began a search for the man, described as wearing a gray T-shirt with cut-off sleeves, jean shorts, black high-top shoes, and red and gray socks. Police tracked him down a short distance away. He's currently being held in the Waukesha County Jail and is awaiting charges.

Waukesha police said officers had been called to his residence a number of times that Friday, saying that he was "extremely under the influence of some drug or alcohol."

Police say the man was uninjured, medically cleared at the Waukesha Memorial Hospital, and was later arrested for a Parole Violation and transported to Waukesha County Jail.