The Rail Runner commuter train collided with a vehicle Wednesday, killing one person, state police said.
The collision occurred just after 6 p.m. at a private crossing midway between Los Lunas and Belen. It was about a quarter of a mile from where the train struck a sport utility vehicle last month, killing two people.
At top speed the Rail Runner is moving 116 feet a second. People aren’t used to trains moving that fast — and they usually don’t on rails that have grade crossings. One of these collisions is going to kill people on the train.