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Last updated on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
(MISHAWAKA, IN) - Police are identifying the man struck and killed by a train in Mishawaka.
44-year-old Leo Holley was hit Friday by a westbound train as he walked along the tracks near Main Street.
Holley was released from the Miami Correctional Facility in 2008 for a felony drunken driving charge.
On December 31st of that year, he was also arrested in South Bend on a drunken driving charge, and was convicted of being a habitual traffic offender.
St. Joseph County Jail records show Holley was arrested again in mid-July for violating parole.
It's not clear why he was walking on the tracks.
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