Post updated at 7:40 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22:
A person was struck by a train and killed Thursday evening in eastern Lawrence, according to police.
The strike was reported around 7:07 p.m. Thursday on the tracks just east of 11th Street and Haskell Avenue, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical’s PulsePoint app.
Police had blocked off 11th Street in the area and had asked people to avoid the area. The roadway had reopened as of 9:40 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
No further information was available as of the time of publication.
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