Murfreesboro Fatal Train Accident

UPDATE:
The 19-year-old hit by a train on Friday has been identified as Ibraheem Hull, of Murfreesboro.

ORIGINAL RELEASE:
A pedestrian died after being struck by a train on Friday afternoon, May 23.

The 19-year-old man was hit on the railroad tracks at West Main Street and Overall Street around 1:32 p.m. He was pronounced deceased at the scene by personnel with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services.

The preliminary investigation reveals that the man climbed through the box cars of a stopped train and tossed his bicycle onto the tracks. When he reached down to pick it up, another train traveling in the opposite direction hit him.

The man’s name will not be released until family members are notified. MPD’s Criminal Investigations Division detectives are investigating the accident.