CSX worker killed after being hit by train

A railroad worker was killed on CSX train tracks in Roanoke Rapids after being hit by a construction train on Tuesday afternoon.
Posted 2/14/2024, 11:22:03 PM Updated 2/15/2024, 1:58:05 PM

13 YEARS OLD ARE MORE FROM

JULIAN.

>> COMING UP JOINT, THANK YOU.

>> A CSX EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED

AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A TRAIN

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THIS

HAPPENED IN ROANOKE RAPIDS AT

THE 10TH STREET CROSSING

WRAL'S. HEIDI KIRK HAS BEEN

FOLLOWING THIS INVESTIGATION

TODAY AND HAS THE VERY LATEST

FROM POLICE

>> THE ROANOKE RAPIDS POLICE

DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WAS RIGHT

HERE ON THESE TRACKS FOR THAT

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING

MAINTENANCE WHEN HE WAS HIT BY

A SLOW-MOVING CONSTRUCTION

TRAIN. WE GATHERED AUDIO FROM

JUST MOMENTS BEFORE HE WAS

KILLED. TAKE A LISTEN.

>> RAN OVER.

>> THAT'S THE JARRING MOMENT

WHEN A WORKPLACE ACCIDENT

TURNED DEADLY, THE FEDERAL

RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AND C S

X WERE ON SITE TODAY CONDUCTING

AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT

HAPPENED. WE REACHED OUT TO

THE FRA WHICH CONDUCTS

INVESTIGATION ON OLD RAILROAD

EMPLOYEE FATALITIES. IT SAYS

NO PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ARE

AVAILABLE AND INVESTIGATIONS

LIKE THIS TYPICALLY ARE

RELEASED WITHIN 6 MONTHS.

IN A STATEMENT, CSX SAYS IT'S

MOURNING THE DEATH OF ITS

EMPLOYEES AND OFFERS THOUGHTS

AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY

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