PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia transit officials say a rail worker has been struck and killed by a regional train, snarling commutes into the city already complicated by a transit strike.
The accident comes as the transit system enters the third day of the crippling strike, and a day after a strike-crowded regional train caught fire during the morning rush. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says neither incident was strike-related.
SEPTA spokesman Richard Maloney says the worker was hit on the tracks near the Melrose Park station between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Regional rail lines are running because their workers are represented by a different union. Those trains are being swamped by riders looking for other ways to get to work.
More than 5,000 members of SEPTA's largest union walked off the job early Tuesday.
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