PATTERSON, La. — Police are investigating an incident involving a pedestrian being struck and killed by a train.
A train conductor flagged down a patrol officer with the Patterson Police Department Monday morning to alert them that they had possibly struck a pedestrian, according to police.
The officer exited his unit and walked about 100 yards to where the conductor said it happened. The officer located a deceased man in his 20s who had been struck by the train.
The identity is being withheld pending notification of family, officials report.
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