A man died after he was hit by a train Friday evening in Fort Worth. His name was not released, pending notification of relatives.

The accident happened shortly before 5 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of South Ayers Avenue, police said. The man was sitting on the railroad tracks as the train approached, police said.

The man stood up and walked east on the tracks. The Union Pacific train could not stop in time and struck and killed him.

Tanya Eiserer