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Pedestrian killed by train in Dunkirk

Updated: Monday, 22 Oct 2012, 5:58 PM EDT
Published : Sunday, 21 Oct 2012, 4:58 PM EDT

DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) - Police have released the name of the man hit and killed by a train on Sunday in Dunkirk.

Steven Jewell of Park Avenue was killed when he was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train heading to Toledo from Buffalo. Police say the 55-year-old was walking along the tracks when he was hit around 4:00 p.m.

Authorities say the train's equipment was properly functioning and the locomotive was traveling within the proper speed restrictions.

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