By Associated Press - Wednesday, June 28, 2017

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) - Officials say a man has been fatally struck by a train in Florida.

News outlets report that Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says the person died Tuesday afternoon after being hit by a train south of Lake Worth. Tri-Rail said on Twitter that police activity delayed traffic on the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach commuter line.

Tri-Rail spokeswoman Bonnie Arnold says the man was hit by a southbound train shortly before 5 p.m. and that it didn’t happen at a crossing. None of the train’s 90 passengers was injured.



Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said on Twitter that investigators had been working at the location.

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