National Transportation Safety Board Investigating Worker Death in Maryland

Federal officials are investigating after a railroad worker was killed at a Baltimore, Md., railyard.

National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said by telephone that a Norfolk Southern worker was fatally injured Thursday morning at the Bayview railyard during the switching of cars.

Holloway says the NTSB is sending a team to investigate the accident.

A Norfolk Southern representative couldn’t be immediately reached for comment.