Person struck and killed by train near Hay St crossing, Fayetteville NC


A person was struck and killed by a train near the Hay Street crossing close to the baseball stadium in Fayetteville. Train traffic is blocked for investigation.
Audio|Source: Fayetteville Area Railroads
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Transcript:
00:00
Since this is a confirmed fatality,
00:01
I guess they're not to release, well,
00:03
yeah, we got you blocked off until we can get an MTO up there or something before we could actually probably resume traffic.
00:08
You got a description of this person?
00:10
Oh, I just saw what he's wearing.
00:12
What if you got a description, (name withheld)?
00:16
Or you got a white male, you got an about approximately age or anything like that?
00:20
Or... 1030s, white male.
00:21
Mid-30's white male.
00:22
Mid-30's white male.
00:25
This is right at Hay Street crossing or you said what's not supposed to get 206.9 or 209.6?
00:32
Yeah it's right there at the diamond at the very north end of the Amtrak section but it's pretty much right at the diamond.
00:41
It was near any crossing gate, something like that?
00:44
No, uh-uh, no, he's, uh,
00:46
no, no, not near crossing.
00:49
I mean, my engine is right here at Hay Street.
00:51
We're sitting right here about a half a car from Hay Street, but, yeah, where he was laying at, no, he was just, uh, just south of the signal at, uh,
00:58
at, at, uh, A&Y.
00:59
Postage, 209.5.
01:01
I don't see any crosses in there between Hayes Street and that diamond, so I'm gonna write.
01:05
Okay, right near that baseball studio.
01:06
Yeah, yeah, we're right beside the Baseball State.
01:08
There's a path they walk through right through there, I mean, a walking path, but, yeah, there's no cross between Hay Street and the Diamond.
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Hay St, Fayetteville, NC
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