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Railroad officials say the man struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Pacific Wednesday night had been cutting across the tracks when the accident happened. Police say 20 year -old Zachary Brady was walking home from his job at a fast-food restaurant when Amtrak's Missouri River Runner train struck and killed him.

Police say this is the fourth serious accident along the Union Pacific line near the Fourth Street crossing in the last eight years -- two others were also fatal.

An Amtrak official told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that most accidents involving pedestrians could be avoided if people wouldn't trespass on railroad tracks. Trespasser fatalities have become the leading cause of railroad deaths.

A 20-year-old man is dead after being struck by an Amtrak train in Pacific.

Police say the man was walking on the tracks when he was hit and killed around 8:45 last night at the North 4th Street crossing.

Amtrak officials confirm that the accident involved a train carrying 58 passengers en route from St. Louis to Kansas City.

No one on the train was hurt.

A pedestrian is in very critical condition after being struck by a car in north St. Louis Wednesday night. It happened about 8:30 at Halls Ferry and Veronica in the Baden neighborhood.

Police say the victim, a man in his 50's, was taken to Barnes Jewish Hospital with two broken legs and a head injury.

An accident reconstruction team is investigating.

Police say the driver did stop. It's not known if that driver will face any charges as the investigation is ongoing.