BRATTLEBORO — An unidentified man died Monday after he was hit by an Amtrak train about a mile south of town, authorities said.

The daily Vermonter had picked up southbound passengers sometime around its scheduled 1:02 p.m. departure from its downtown station when it “came into contact” with the man just off Route 142 along the Connecticut River at about 2:30 p.m., Amtrak said in a statement.

Brattleboro Police responded to tracks near the Cersosimo Lumber Co. for a “pedestrian hit by a train,” according to Detective Sgt. Joshua Lynde. Local railroad workers shut down the area as the state chief medical examiner’s office and Brattleboro Fire Department assisted police.

Amtrak said none of the 119 passengers or crew members onboard were injured.

The train, which started the day in St. Albans, was delayed for about two hours before eventually heading to New York City and Washington, D.C., its online schedule reported. 

The man, who has yet to be identified, was “an individual who was trespassing on the track,” according to Amtrak.

“These incidents can affect everyone involved — those who are injured or die and their families, our train crews, and our passengers,” Amtrak said in a statement. “They also serve as critical reminders about the importance of obeying the law and of exercising extreme caution around railroad tracks and crossings.”

Monday’s incident wasn’t the first along local tracks.

In January 2012, a 15-year-old Vernon boy died on a train crossing just south of Brattleboro after he was struck by the northbound Vermonter that had just passed the state’s southern border.

In November 2015, a 26-year-old Brattleboro man was killed and a companion was injured after they stepped onto a railroad bridge just north of downtown and found themselves in the path of the Vermonter.

And in June 2022, an unidentified fisherman was rescued after falling off the same bridge to avoid the same train.