HARRISON COUNTY, Texas — One person is dead after being hit by a train in Harrison County.
According to the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, around 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb, 25, Union Pacific contacted authorities to tell them a pedestrian had been struck by a train as they were walking west of Mason Springs Church Road and the US 80 intersection on the railroad tracks.
When first responders arrived on scene, they determined the pedestrian, identified as Joshua Derrick Laferney, 40, of Irving, was dead.
The investigation is ongoing.