DEATH INVESTIGATION Hurricane Man Found Dead Beside Tracks, No Foul Play Suspected
Reported by: Leslie Rubin
Web Producer: Timothy Rock, Bethany Simmons
Reported: Feb. 6, 2012 9:41 PM EST
Updated: Feb. 7, 2012 12:12 PM EST
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Hurricane
, Putnam County
, West Virginia
Police do not believe foul play is a factor in the death of a man who's body was found near the train tracks in Hurricane Monday evening.
Someone found the body of a man in his 50's near the tracks behind the Fruth Pharmacy. No word on the cause of death, but Hurricane Mayor Scott Edwards says the man was not hit by a train.
Edwards would not release a name but says the man was from Hurricane.
Last week, 16-year-old Hurricane High student Jacob Ball was hit and killed by a train near the school.
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Leslie Rubin
