[naviga:h2]Authorities say men apparently on tracks[/naviga:h2]

Authorities say two men apparently lying on train tracks were struck by a train and critically injured on the North Side.

Public safety spokesman Sonya Toler said emergency crews were called to the scene on an elevated platform near the former H.J. Heinz plant just before 11 a.m. Sunday.

She said the two adult males “apparently were laying across the tracks” and it doesn’t appear “as if they were awake at the time.” She said the Norfolk Southern train tried to stop but was unable to do so.

City motorcycle paramedics were first on the scene and rendered aid to the men until they could be transported to Allegheny General Hospital, North Side. They were reported in critical condition.

[naviga:h2]Man with shotgun wounded by police[/naviga:h2]

Police say an officer shot and wounded a man who was carrying a shotgun.

The victim of the early Saturday shooting in East Liberty was alert and conscious when he was taken to a hospital. Police said they were called to investigate a man in a hooded sweat shirt with a shotgun at about 1:30 a.m.

Authorities haven’t said why the man was shot, or disclosed his identity or the officer’s name. A shotgun was recovered.