LAPEER, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 51-year-old Michigan man was struck and killed by a freight train over the weekend while walking on the tracks.
The Flint Journal reports (http://bit.ly/poL0bK) Ruben Garcia was struck on Saturday in Lapeer, about 45 miles northwest of Detroit.
Police say the train was traveling westbound when the man from the Lapeer area was hit. The death was under investigation.
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Information from: The Flint Journal, http://www.mlive.com/flint
