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Victim identified in fatal McDowell County train accident

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59News has learned the identity of the victim of an accident where at train hit a person in Davy, W.Va. on Friday Feb. 8.

Randy Lee Kennedy, 38, of Bradshaw, W.Va. was killed when the train hit him at 7 a.m.  An obituary can be found online at Fanning Funeral Home.

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Shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, deputies with the McDowell County Sheriff's Office were called to investigate a report of a train that had hit a person.  When deputies got on scene the man was already dead.

 

The unidentified person is a white man about 38-years-old. His name has not been released while officials try to notify his family.

The case is still be investigated at this time.  The Sheriff's Office is being assisted by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Police.