Police and railroad personnel are investigating after a man was struck by a train at a crossing in downtown Elizabethtown.
Officer Chris Denham with the Elizabethtown Police Department asked motorists to avoid the area of East Dixie Avenue near Nicholas Street a little before 2 p.m. Monday due to a collision involving a train.
Denham later confirmed that a pedestrian was killed in the collision.
“Sadly the pedestrian, 64-year-old John Duncan of Elizabethtown, was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Hardin County Coroner,” Denham said. “This investigation is ongoing, and being conducted by the EPD in conjunction with authorities from CSX railroad. Our most sincere thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Mr. Duncan.”
The investigation around the crossing shut down traffic in the area for several hours.
