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Train Strikes, Kills Rathdrum Man

A Rathdrum man was hit and killed by a train near the intersection of Timberline Street and Heritage Street late Tuesday night.Around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday officers responded to a report of a pedestrian having been struck by a passing train at Timberline and Heritage. The officers found the man lying on the south side of the train tracks.Subsequent interviews with train personnel revealed they had seen the man walking toward the train tracks and that once he got to the tracks the man either sat or lay down on the tracks/KXLY. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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