Friday, September 9, 2011

Three Killed In Train Collisions

  • {Kentucky}...Three people died in Kentucky Friday in separate train collisions. In Oldham County, police say 33 year old James Dewitt of Crestwood was pronounced dead at the scene after he walked into the path of a CSX train in Crestwood around 9:00 A.M. In Lexington, a train operator reported being unable to stop before hitting a man lying on the tracks near an overpass Friday afternoon. The Fayette County coroner's office identified the man as 63 year old Tony Burton Litten of Richmond. Kentucky State Police say 45 year old Beulah D. Pirtle of Henderson was killed Friday afternoon about a half-mile south of Sebree when she turned her car into the path of a CSX train.