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Woman dead after hit by train on Franklin Boulevard

Greensboro police said both directions of Franklin Boulevard were closed Sunday after a crash involving a train and a pedestrian.
Credit: WFMY

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A woman is dead after being hit from behind by an Amtrak train on Franklin Boulevard in Greensboro, police say. 

Officers arrived at the scene of a crash involving a train and a pedestrian on Franklin Boulevard near Burlington Road at 11:40 a.m. Sunday.

Gloria Gilmore, 69, was walking west on the tracks when the train hit her from behind. 

Both directions of Franklin Boulevard at East Market Street were closed. 

The investigation is ongoing.

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