POKAGAN TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) — A Niles man was killed upon impact when he was struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train heading northbound in Cass County.
Deputies say that 46-year-old John Paul Merritt was he struck in the traveled portion of the tracks about a half-mile south of Pokagon Highway.
It happened at 1:28 p.m. Wednesday.
It’s not clear why he did not remove himself from the tracks with a freight train bearing down on him, but it remains under investigation.
