UPDATE: Boy Killed by Train Was Sixth-Grader at Longfellow

An 11-year-old boy who attended died of injuries Monday morning after he was struck by a train, police and school officials confirmed.

Longfellow Principal Jason Galien identified the boy as sixth-grader Joey Kramer in an e-mail to parents late Monday.

The tragic accident occurred at 7:24 a.m. at the North 68th Street crossing just south of West State Street, said Assistant Fire Chief Jim Case. He said the boyhad been taken to Children's Hospital.

"We're spending the day just making sure there is support in place at the child's school, that counselors are on hand," said Dan Chanen, School District human resources director.

Chanen said that School Superintendent Phil Ertl was in regular contact with the Wauwatosa police throughout the day.

In a statement from the Wauwatosa police Monday afternoon, Lt. Gerald Witkowski said Joey was walking northbound on the east side of North 68th Street and crossing the tracks when he was hit.

According to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel updated Monday evening, the state commissioner of railroads, Jeff Plale, said Joey was wearing headphones when he was hit and apparently did not hear or see the train approaching.

Joey was rushed to Children's Hospital but was declared deceased just before 8 a.m.

The train stood still for more than three hours after the incident while police investigated, blocking morning traffic at the crossings of North 68th and 70th streets.

The eastbound train was able to pull up short of the 63rd Street crossing, so some traffic was able to find an outlet there along River Parkway. Other traffic proceeded to the Hawley Road or Harmonee Bridge crossings.

All crossing signals, including lights, bells and crossing arms were activated and functioning at the time, a Canadian Pacific spokesman said. The train crew also sounded its horn as it approached.

CP's Ed Greenberg said that he had no further details on the victim as the railroad company and Wauwatosa police continued to gather information from the train crew and others.

"Obviously, this is a stressful time for our crews as well," Greenberg said. "They have been relieved of duty for the time being and are being offered critical incident services."