Police ID man killed by train on trestle in Va.

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CHILHOWIE, Va. (AP) — Police have identified a man who was hit and killed by a train while fishing from a trestle in Smyth County.

The Smyth County Sheriff’s Office says 52-year-old Louis Perry of Chilhowie (CHILHL’-how-ee) was with a 6-year-old Abingdon girl and a 7-year-old boy when the accident occurred Sunday near Chilhowie.

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