Troutdale, Ore. – Union Pacific is pleading with kids not to take their senior pictures on-or-near the tracks. This statement comes after a 17 year old boy was hit and killed by a train in Troutdale over the weekend. He was taking his senior photos on Saturday evening when he was hit. Multnomah County Sheriff deputies responded to a call that a teenager had been hit by a train and found the youth dead at the scene. The train crew was not hurt. The boy has not yet been identified.

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