A man died at the rail yards today in Kansas City, Kan., according to police.
Kansas City, Kan., police officers responded to a call at 11:24 a.m. today about a person trapped under a rail car in the 2400 block of Bayard Avenue, a police spokesman said.
When they arrived, officers saw a deceased man, in his 40s, lying under a rail car, the spokesman said. The victim was an employee of Union Pacific Railroad, police said.
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending family notification, police said. The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s Major Case Unit.