MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) - Authorities aren’t yet identifying a man struck and killed by a freight train in eastern Pennsylvania.
Norfolk Southern Corp. says a westbound train struck the man on the track in Emmaus shortly after 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Public relations manager Jonathan Glass says the mixed-freight train heading from Allentown to Birmingham, Alabama, used emergency brakes but wasn’t able to avoid striking the man.
The Lehigh County coroner’s office said the man was a 35-year-old Macungie resident, but his identity is being withheld pending notification of relatives.
An autopsy is scheduled Monday to determine the cause and manner of death.
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