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COLUMBUS – A Columbus man died Sunday after being hit by a train near Bethel Village.
According to police, 29-year-old Dylan Richard Lonaker, was walking on the railroad tracks when he was hit from behind by a northbound train at Dawson Street and State Road 11, about three miles south of downtown Columbus. The accident was reported at 3:15 p.m.
Lonaker was pronounced dead at the scene.
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State Road 11 was closed for several hours while authorities investigated the accident.
The incident remains under investigation by the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department.