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Woman wearing ‘listening device’ fatally struck by train
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A woman wearing a “listening device” has been fatally struck by a train.
The incident happened on Monday afternoon on Hwy 25 in Emlyn in Whitley County when a pedestrian, 41-year-old Loretta E. West, of Williamsburg, was struck by a CSX train, the Whitley County Coroner’s Office told multiple news outlets.
She was transported to Baptist Health Corbin where she was pronounced deceased.
According to Fox 56 News, officials said West was wearing “some type of listening device at the time of the incident.”
(Photo: Loretta E. West, courtesy of Legacy.com)