Rice professor on bike killed by METRORail near Houston Zoo

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- METRO says a woman who was killed by a light rail train Friday morning did not have the right of way when she rode her bike into the train's path.[br /][br /]The victim has been identified as 66-year-old Marjorie Corcoran, a physics and astronomy professor at Rice University.[br /][Ads /][br /]Corcoran died after she was run over by the METRORail at Fannin and Sunset, prompting crews to shut down the roadway in both directions.[br /][br /]Houston police said she crossed in front of the train on her bike after coming from the Hermann Park side of Fannin.[br /][br /]It was not immediately clear whether or not Corcoran was wearing headphones at the time of the crash.[br /]Tragically, investigators said her body became trapped underneath the train, and could not be pulled out until METRO moved the vehicle forward.[br /][Ads /][br /]A bicycle was seen by SkyEye crumpled between the light rail train and a loading platform.[br /][br /][twitter ID="827522831076511747" /][br /][br /]There were people on the train at the time of the accident, but they were not hurt in the accident.url].[/b]