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Man Hit & Killed by Train in East Stroudsburg

Man Hit & Killed by Train in East Stroudsburg - Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 11:25PM EST

Reported by: Eyewitness News
Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 @ 11:25pm EST
EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY- ItŐs tragedy on the tracks in the Poconos. A man is dead after a train hit him in Monroe County.

It happened Sunday afternoon on railroad tracks in East Stroudsburg near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Brown Street. That's behind the K-Mart plaza.

Here's what police tell Eyewitness News. A freight train was traveling from Northampton County bound for Scranton around 4:00 P. M. when it passed through this section of track in East Stroudsburg.

Train operators spotted a man lying on the rails. They hit the brakes and sounded the train horn several times but the man didn't move. He was struck and killed at the scene.

So far, police are withholding his name. Federal Emergency Management Agency is heading the investigation.
 


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