Newark Man Killed By Train
By John Zornow

Wayne County Sheriff's Deputies and the Newark Volunteer Fire Department was called to the intersection of Eckert Rd. and Tellier Rd. at about 10 p.m. on Sunday night, as the result of a report of a man hit by a train.

A CSX Freight train was traveling about 60 m.p.h. when it struck Leon Wright, 55, of Newark. He had fishing with a friend on nearby Mud Creek and was walking along the tracks when the incident happened. Wright was taken to Newark-Wayne Hospital and Mercy Flight was put on standby. He was pronounced dead at the hospital of complications from lacerations. The Sheriff's Department indicated that alcohol may have been a factor in the tragedy.

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