Officials have identified a man who was hit and killed by a light-rail train in Minneapolis.
Aleme Desta, 79, of Minneapolis was struck by the Blue Line about 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 30 at the Cedar-Riverside station and died at HCMC on Sept. 5, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
The Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the death to be accidental.
Metro Transit spokesman Drew Kerr said Thursday that Desta was crossing the tracks at the south end of the station and was struck by a northbound pulling into the stop.
"Preliminary information suggests that warning signs were active," Kerr said, adding that trains do not have a stop signal at the crosswalk where this collision occurred.
"This tragic event is a reminder to all of the need to be alert at railroad crossings and on train tracks," Kerr said.
