Crime & Safety

1 Dead After Being Struck By Train In Pittsburgh Area

A person died over the weekend after being hit by a train in a suburban Pittsburgh community.

PITTSBURGH, PA — A person died Saturday night after being hit by a train in West Homestead near The Waterfront.

CSX officials told WTAE_TV that the incident occurred at 11:18 p.m. on the tracks near West 5th Avenue and Waterfront Drive.

EMS responded to the scene and found the person who was hit fatally injured.

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The identity of the person who was killed has not yet been released.

Further information was not immediately available.

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