Man hit by train in Salida identified

A man who died Tuesday night when he was hit by a train was identified was identified as 34-year-old Robert Lemley, the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office said Friday.

In an apparent suicide, Lemley stepped on the railroad tracks that run parallel to Highway 99 as a northbound Union Pacific train approached. He gave a salute just before he was hit.

Lemley died at the scene.

This story was originally published February 5, 2016 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Man hit by train in Salida identified."