BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Police say a bicyclist was killed after colliding with an Amtrak Cascades passenger train in Bellingham Tuesday morning.

An Amtrak spokesperson says Amtrak Cascades passenger train 517 was coming from Vancouver, British Columbia, and was on its way to Portland.

They say the man on the bike ignored construction flaggers in the area and electronic arms, continued onto the tracks and was hit by the train. The man died at the scene. His name hasn’t yet been released.

BNSF spokesperson Gus Melonas says this is the fifth fatal train collision on BNSF tracks in Washington state this year.

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