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Man talking on cellphone killed by train in Auburn
A man talking on a cellphone was killed by a train today near Emerald Downs racetrack, according to Auburn police.
The man was struck while walking north on tracks in the 1400 block of C Street Northwest, said Police Sgt. Scott Near said. The accident occurred around noon.
Near said the conductor sounded the horn and applied the emergency brakes but "there was nothing he could do." The train was traveling north, at an estimated 80 mph when it tried to slow down, Near said.
A 17-year-old girl was talking on her cellphone when she was killed while crossing train tracks in Kent last month
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