Authorities: Man appears to have been fatally struck by freight train
A man was apparently struck and killed by a freight train in Athol Tuesday morning, the Northwestern District Attorney’s office said in a statement.Around 10:05 a.m., Pan Am Railroad Dispatch called Winchendon Dispatch to report that a man seemed to have been been hit by a freight train on a stretch of railroad tracks.Athol and Royalston police and firefighters, as well as state police, responded to the scene. The victim’s name has not yet been released, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, according to the DA’s office.The incident remains under investigation, authorities said.
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