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Man dies after getting struck by train in Fayetteville

By Elena Ramirez,

19 hours ago

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Fayetteville Police Department is actively investigating a train death that happened after 4 a.m. near Frisco Avenue.

The FPD received a call from a conductor with the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad train that they believed they hit something. Police said the conductor tried to stop but couldn’t. Once the train hit a full stop the conductor found a man in his 20s dead.

Police are working to notify the next of kin.

The incident happened on private property. The body was taken to the Washington County Coroner.

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