Person hit, killed by train in Durham, police say; 2nd deadly train crash in Durham in 2 days

Durham police said the incident happened behind the CVS near 3573 Hillsborough Road.

Posted 5:53 p.m. Mar 16 — Updated 2:32 p.m. Mar 17

WRAL staff

A person was killed Saturday after being hit by a train in Durham, police said. This is the second deadly train crash to happen in Durham within a two-day time span.

Durham police said the incident happened behind the CVS near 3573 Hillsborough Road.

The investigation is ongoing.

On Thursday night, a driver was killed when his vehicle got stuck and was hit by an Amtrak train.

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