Man struck, killed by light rail train in downtown Minneapolis

Man struck, killed by light rail in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS -- A man was struck and killed by a light rail train in Minneapolis early Saturday morning.

Minneapolis police say two men were on the platform near 5th Street and 1st Avenue around 1 a.m. Officials believe they got into a fight, and one of the men fell onto the light rail tracks in the path of an oncoming train.

The victim, identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as 41-year-old Reginald Eugene Snelling, was hit and died at the scene.

Police are still investigating.

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