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The boy, identified as Trayton Joiner by the Christian County
coroner's office, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital,
where he died, said Hopkinsville Police Sergeant Martin Lopez.
Hopkinsville is about 70 miles northwest of Nashville, Tenn.
Hopkinsville Police spokesman Paul Ray told WKDZ radio station
that the train engineer saw the dog first, and then the child
with the dog, but was unable to stop in time.
The train had two locomotives and was pulling 106 empty coal
cars from Nashville, Tennessee to Madisonville, Kentucky, said
CSX Corp. spokesman Rob Doolittle.
“It’s a tragic situation and our sympathies are with the family
involved,” said Doolittle.
The dog, a female pit-bull mix, was also struck and was taken to
Skyline Animal Clinic in Hopkinsville. She was expected to
survive, according to clinic staff.
Lopez said officers located the child’s mother, and the
investigation is continuing.
(Reporting by Tim Ghianni in Nashville; Editing by Mary
Wisniewski and Diane Craft)
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