A 41-year-old man is dead after being struck by a passenger train Saturday evening near the community of Wellington, N.S.
In a Sunday morning release, police said that the Lower Sackville RCMP and emergency services responded at about 6:23 p.m. to a report that a person was hit by an eastbound passenger train near Highway 2.
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“Officers located a 41-year-old male, from Fletchers Lake, who was pronounced deceased at the scene,” police said in a statement.
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“Our thoughts are with the man’s family at this difficult time.”
Police added that an investigation is ongoing and is being assisted by the medical examiner service.
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