Adult facing ‘life-threatening’ injuries after being struck by train in South Deerfield

Deerfield police officers and South Deerfield fire personnel respond to the Pleasant Street railroad crossing where an adult was struck by a northbound Amtrak train on Monday afternoon.

Deerfield police officers and South Deerfield fire personnel respond to the Pleasant Street railroad crossing where an adult was struck by a northbound Amtrak train on Monday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Deerfield police officers and South Deerfield fire personnel respond to the Pleasant Street railroad crossing where an adult was struck by a northbound Amtrak train on Monday afternoon.

Deerfield police officers and South Deerfield fire personnel respond to the Pleasant Street railroad crossing where an adult was struck by a northbound Amtrak train on Monday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

A LIFE STAR helicopter and a South County EMS ambulance at the South County EMS building and the South Deerfield Fire District on Monday.

A LIFE STAR helicopter and a South County EMS ambulance at the South County EMS building and the South Deerfield Fire District on Monday.

An Amtrak train is stopped across the Pleasant Street railroad crossing where an adult was struck by the northbound train on Monday afternoon.

An Amtrak train is stopped across the Pleasant Street railroad crossing where an adult was struck by the northbound train on Monday afternoon.

A LIFE STAR helicopter takes off from between the South County EMS building and the South Deerfield Fire District following an incident in which an Amtrak train struck an adult on the tracks on Monday afternoon.

A LIFE STAR helicopter takes off from between the South County EMS building and the South Deerfield Fire District following an incident in which an Amtrak train struck an adult on the tracks on Monday afternoon. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Staff Writer

Published: 02-24-2025 8:01 PM

SOUTH DEERFIELD — An adult was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with injuries described by Deerfield Police Chief John Paciorek as being “life-threatening at minimum” after being struck by a northbound Amtrak train.

Emergency personnel responded to a report of an adult who was struck by an Amtrak train at approximately 4:11 p.m. Paciorek clarified that, despite the incident’s proximity to local schools, the victim was not a student.

Personnel from the South Deerfield Fire District, South County EMS and Deerfield Police Department were the first to respond to the area of the Pleasant Street railroad crossing before Massachusetts State Police, the Amtrak Police Department and officials with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner arrived.

Although a LIFE STAR helicopter was initially called to transport the victim, Paciorek said the individual was ultimately taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center by a South County EMS ambulance. As of approximately 5:30 p.m., he said investigators were still on scene.

According to Amtrak Senior Public Relations Manager Jason Abrams, there were no reported injuries to the 79 passengers or crew onboard the train, which was traveling from Washington D.C. to St. Albans, Vermont.

Monday’s incident comes just a few months after a 43-year-old Deerfield man was killed after being struck by an Amtrak train in the area of South Main Street and Thayer Street in South Deerfield in November. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Paciorek said in November.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

 

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