The incident took place on Friday morning.
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(Walton, Ky.) – One person was struck and killed by a train on Friday morning in Boone County.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to the incident in the 11000 block of Dixie Highway in Walton around 8:54 a.m.
Responding deputies walked the tracks and located Michale John Allison, 35, of Walton.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Allison was walking north on the tracks when, while sounding its horn, a Norfolk Southern locomotive approached and ultimately struck him.
Allison sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing.
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