Sep 21, 2026

FREMONT TRAIN FATALITY



FREMONT TRAIN FATALITY 

IN NORTHWEST OHIO, SOMEONE WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A TRAIN YESTERDAY IN FREMONT IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT AS LAST YEAR WHERE THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
THE CALLS CAME IN SHORTLY BEFORE 2 P.M. POLICE SAY NORFOLK SOUTHERN CALLED REPORTING A PEDESTRIAN HAD BEEN HIT BY A TRAIN NEAR THE MILES NEWTON BRIDGE AFTER NEARLY AN HOUR OF SEARCHING. FREMONT POLICE CHIEF DEREK WINSINGER SAYS THE VICTIM WAS A MAN. HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET BY THE SANDUSKY COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE. WINSINGER SAYS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST DAILY INCIDENT ON THESE TRACKS. THE CHIEF SAYS THE RAIL BRIDGE, WHICH VEERS OFF FROM THE MAIN TRAFFIC ROAD IS NOT A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, WHICH IS WHY HE SAYS THERE IS NO REASON FOR PEOPLE TO BE UP THERE.


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