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SC deaf man struck, killed by train because he didn't hear it coming

Lexington County officials say he was walking on the tracks but didn't hear the train coming.

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — The person who was struck and killed by a train near  Thursday morning has been identified.

Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the victim as 59-year-old Kenneth Zeigler of Gaston. 

The death happened around 9 a.m. Thursday morning at a set of tracks at Lois Lane and Chapel Road, which is near the town of South Congaree.

Fisher said Zeigler was walking on a railroad track when a train approached him from behind. She said the train tried to warn him with sounds, but Zeigler, who had been deaf since birth, did not react. 

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