Man killed in Colbert after being struck by train

COLBERT, Okla. (KXII) - A man died after he was hit by a train in Colbert Monday morning.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said it happened at 6:16 a.m.

Troopers said the man was sitting on the tracks at the railroad crossing 0.3 miles north of State Highway 91, when he was hit by a Union Pacific Locomotive that was traveling south.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was sent to the medical examiner’s office in Oklahoma City. His name has not been released.

The driver of the train, Curtis Moore, 64, of Clifton, was not injured. His passenger Christopher Bass, 39, of Hurst was also uninjured.

Troopers said the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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