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Body Found On Train Tracks

Posted at 5:33 AM, Jul 11, 2013
and last updated 2013-07-11 08:04:03-04

train bodyGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —  Investigators have identified a body that was discovered on the train tracks near Bridge Street and Seward Avenue in Grand Rapids.

The original call came in to the police department at around 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday.  The caller had reported a person was lying across the tracks.  Upon arrival, police found a man had been struck by a train, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim has been identified as 48-year-old Joseph Black.  It is not clear why he had been on the tracks.

The incident remains under investigation.