A pedestrian was hit and killed by a train in the early morning hours of Oct. 15, law enforcement officials said.
Here's what we know:
Which agency responded to the scene? Ocala Police Department.
Where was the incident location? At Northeast Eighth Avenue and Northeast 14th Street, behind 14th Street Plaza.
What happened? OPD said it received a call shortly before 1:25 a.m. about aid to other agency. Officers went to the location and found a person deceased.
Police said the victim was hit by a CSX train estimated at 14,000 feet long. It was hauling consumer products from businesses like Amazon.
Police said the train was eastbound when the operators noticed something on the tracks. The operators honked the horns and slowed the train to stop it.
While
the train was being stopped, they noticed it was a person in the way. The train was unable to stop in time and it hit the person.
Police had not identified the victim as of 10:45 a.m. Oct. 15.
Due to the crash, several railroad intersections from North Magnolia Avenue to Northeast 25th Avenue were blocked as law enforcement investigated.
On March 15, Ocala police said, a homeless man was hit by a CSX train and killed in the 600 block of Northwest Third Street.
Contact Austin L. Miller at austin.miller@starbanner.com
This article originally appeared on Ocala Star-Banner: CSX train hits and kills man on Oct. 15 in NE Ocala
