Pryor police identify man killed after being struck by train

The Associated Press and KJRH-TV - May 30, 2017 12:00 pm

PRYOR, Okla. (AP) – Police in Pryor have identified a man who died after he was struck by a freight train.
Television station KJRH reports that 53-year-old Doug Edward Jones was killed when he was struck by the train on Sunday.
Police say Jones, a pedestrian, had crawled up on the tracks just before the train hit him.
Officials say Jones was critically injured when he was struck by the train at about 10:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at 11:50 a.m. after being taken to a local hospital.

 

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