UPDATED 12/2/25 - Las Cruces police say they have positively identified the man from last week’s train collision as 46-year-old Manuel Jose Aguirre. Police believe Aguirre was walking north on the railroad tracks and failed to heed audible warnings from the northbound train.
LAS CRUCES, NM - Las Cruces police are investigating after a man was hit by a train Wednesday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at the scene; his identity is being withheld until next of kin is notified.
According to a news release, the incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday. Police and fire were dispatched to a report of a man who was struck by a northbound BNSF train near the 1700 block of south Main Street.
The on-site investigation forced the stoppage of the train and caused traffic at two railroad crossings to temporarily divert to other intersections.