Monday, December 19, 2011

28 Year old man killed in Fort Frances

A 28-year-old man is dead after he was struck by a freight train in Fort Frances on the weekend.

OPP say the man was hit near the Canadian National Railway main yard just after 2 o'clock Sunday morning.

Police say the westbound locomotive was leaving the rail yard when it hit Justin Degagne.

OPP and CN Rail Police are looking into the circumstances surrounding the death.

Foul play is not suspected.