By Jim Muir
A West Frankfort man was fatally injured Thursday night when he was struck by a train at the intersection of the railroad crossing and Elm Street in West Frankfort.
Carl F. Jackson, 50, was identified as the victim, according to Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler. Jackson, a former Harrisburg resident, was pronounced dead a the scene shortly before 10 p.m.
Leffler said a preliminary investigation shows that Jackson tried to walk around the warning gates in front of the oncoming southbound train. Jackson’s body was approximately 60 yards south of the initial impact, just west of the 100 block of Short Street.
The West Frankfort Police Department, Illinois State Police and the coroner are investigating this fatality.
Leffler said an autopsy will be scheduled for Friday.
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