Killeen Police Investigate Train-Pedestrian Fatality

Killeen, TX (February 29, 2024): Killeen Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a train.

Killeen Police responded to a 911 call on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at approximately 7:55 a.m., telling them that a person had just been hit by a BSNF train at the Twin Creek Road railroad crossing. Upon the officers’ arrival they located a deceased male on the tracks.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the train was traveling eastbound when the conductor noticed a person near the tracks. The conductor sounded the train’s horn; however, the individual did not move, and the train struck the victim.

Justice of the Peace Nicola James pronounced the victim, 27-year-old Robert Quintin Derego, deceased at 8:37 a.m. and ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensics Sciences of Dallas.

The investigation is ongoing and there is no other information at this time.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department