RACINE, Mo. (AP) -- A 28-year-old Neosho man is dead after lying down on railroad tracks and getting run over by a train.
The Newton County Sheriff's Office says David Joe Norris was struck around 4:20 a.m. Monday. The train's engineer says he saw someone lying on the tracks and tried to warn him that the train was coming, but the person didn't move.
Officials say Norris died on the way to the hospital.
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