Train Strikes, Kills Man In Weekend Accident

HOUMA, La. (AP) — Authorities in Terrebonne Parish said they were awaiting autopsy results on a man who was killed when he was struck by a train.

The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's office said the accident happened in Schriever late Saturday.

The Courier reports that the man was hit near the intersection of LouisianaHighway 20 and Schriever's North Main Project Road.

The man was not in a vehicle when he was hit. A sheriff's spokeswoman said authorities were withholding comment, pending notification of family members and the release of autopsy results.