COLUMBUS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday identified a BNSF Railway conductor who was fatally struck by a passing train as a 52-year-old Montana man.

Daniel Peterson died at the scene of the Sunday morning accident in Columbus, Montana. The cause was blunt force trauma, said Stillwater County Undersheriff Randy Smith.

At the time of the accident Peterson was between two trains on separate tracks. One of the trains was moving and struck him, according to emergency officials.

Further details on the accident have not been released. It's being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Texas-based BNSF operates one of the largest freight railway networks in the U.S. A spokesperson for BNSF referred questions to the NTSB. The federal agency answered emails asking fo

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