**UPDATE** 11/24/2020

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — The Franklin County Coroner has identified the man fatally hit by a train early Saturday morning.

Coroner Marty Leffler says Union Pacific employees thought they hit two people that were lying on the railroad tracks west of Zeigler, but when Franklin County authorities arrived at the scene, only one body was found.

Berthel Semon, 34, of the Hurst-Bush area was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy on the body is scheduled for Tuesday.

 

**ORIGINAL STORY** 11/23/2020

ZEIGLER, Ill. (WJPF) — One person is dead after being hit by a train early Saturday morning Franklin County.

It happened around 12:20 a.m. at the crossing at Route 149, east of River Road, near Zeigler

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.