CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. — A person died after being struck by a train in Cleveland County Thursday afternoon, officials said.
According to our partners at the Gaston Gazette, 27-year-old Christian Stanley, of Blacksburg, South Carolina, was walking on the railroad tracks wearing headphones in Kings Mountain around 1:20 p.m. and was struck by a Norfolk Southern train.
The train was traveling southbound and had two locomotives and 22 rail cars.
Officials on the Norfolk Southern called Gaston County police and said they hit a person.
The Officials said a body was found near Linwood Road in Kings Mountain.
No other information was available.
The incident is being investigated.
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