Woman walking on tracks hit, killed by train in Hillsborough

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Woman walking on tracks hit, killed by train in Hillsborough
A woman who was walking on a railroad trestle was struck and killed by a train over Dimmock's Mill Road.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A woman who was walking on a railroad trestle was struck and killed by a train on Tuesday afternoon.



It happened shortly before 1 p.m. over Dimmocks Mill Road.



Deputies responded after Orange Communications received a call from Norfolk Southern Railway. The train, the Amtrak Piedmont 72, was eastbound toward Raleigh at the time of the collision. It left Charlotte at 10:25 a.m.



The victim was a woman in her 30s, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.



Her name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.



No other details were immediately released.

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