Train kills 40-year-old man in Struthers

Staff report

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Police were not releasing the name Sunday of a 40-year-old city man who was killed by a train.

The man was hit on the tracks under North Bridge Street at 2:30 p.m., a dispatcher confirmed.

Struthers Police Chief Tim Roddy said the death is believed to be a suicide.

He said the man was lying between the rails. The train operator saw him and blew the whistle. The man sat up and was struck.