Trending News|January 21, 2015 04:28 EST
Fitness Icon Greg Plitt Killed by Train While Filming Video on Tracks
In solemn news, this weekend, major fitness icon Greg Plitt has been killed by a train in California.
The fitness model was reported to be recording a video on a railroad track north of Burbank when a passing Metrolink passenger train struck and killed Plitt.
Plitt, also a successful actor was 37 years old and served five years in the army after graduating from West Point.
"The actor and West Point graduate has appeared on more than 200 magazine covers, Bravo's reality television show 'Work Out' and 'Friends to Lovers' and NBC's daytime soap opera 'Days of Our Lives', according to a website in Plitt's name," writes Huffington Post.
The accident has been ruled out to be a suicide by witnesses who were with Plitt at the time of the filming.
According to Police Sgt. Scott Meadows, Plitt may have believed the train was on a parallel track.
"It's like a blind turn," adding, "When the train came, you might not be able to tell which set the train is on," said Meadows.
Investigators are still searching for the reason as to why the fitness model believed he was allowed to shoot on a restricted area of the tracks, or who gave him authority. It has been confirmed that the fitness model has shot workout videos on the tracks before.
Plitt was a major motivational figure in the fitness industry. Bravo Producer, Andy Cohen tweeted these words in the passing of the fitness professional:
"We couldn't take our eyes off Greg Plitt after we cast him on 'Work Out' -was as nice as he was beautiful. Seemed invincible, like Superman."