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Person dies after getting hit by train in Charleston

By Jack Carlson 
The fatality happened Monday night in Kanawha City. (Photo/WCHS-TV)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Police in the Capital City are investigating the death of a person struck by a train on Monday night.

Charleston police said the fatality happened around 6 p.m. in Kanawha City, just by the Chesterfield Avenue and 57th Street East intersection.

The name of the victim was not released.





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