Train / Pedestrian Accident Cassopolis Mi. 
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November 3, 2017
Chief Brian LaValle of the Cassopolis Police Department reports that this morning at 0509 hrs an Officer from the Cassopolis Police Department was dispatched to the railroad tracks located at E State and Wolfe street for a report of a northeast bound train that struck a pedestrian.
Cassopolis Police located the pedestrian on the east side of the railroad tracks approximately 50 yards from E State Street. Officers rendered first aid until Lifecare Ambulance arrived and transported the pedestrian to Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac where he succumbed to his injuries.
The pedestrian was a 63 year old male from Cassopolis.
The name of the pedestrian and further details of the incident will be released pending family notifications. The incident remains under investigation.
The Cassopolis Police Department was assisted on scene by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Lifecare Ambulance, Cass Central Fire Department and CN Railroad Police.
Respectfully,
Chief Brian LaValle
Address/Location
Cass County MI Sheriff's Office
321 Michigan 62
Cassopolis, MI 49031
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 269-445-1560