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Kelowna man killed by train

UPDATE: 4:40 p.m.

The man who was killed by a train in Spences Bridge on Saturday has been identified.

Larry Marzinzik with the BC Coroners Service says 40-year-old Jonathon Christopher Harris of Kelowna was hit by a Via Rail passenger train about 3:50 a.m.

Harris is reported to have been walking westbound on the rail tracks that pass through the community of Spence's Bridge.

“The train could not stop in time, nor could Harris get off the tracks in time, to prevent Harris from being struck by the train,” stated Marzinzik in a press release.

He was deceased at the scene.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate this death.


ORIGINAL

The coroner's service in British Columbia is confirming the death of a man who was hit by a train in Spences Bridge over the weekend.

Spokeswoman Barb McLintock says it happened early Saturday morning and involved a Via Rail passenger train.

McLintock says the man's identity is being withheld until it has been confirmed and his family has been notified.



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