Man killed after getting dragged by train in SE Houston: police

HOUSTON – Authorities are trying to figure out how a man ended up on the train tracks in southeast Houston Tuesday night.

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It happened a little after 9:15 p.m. when officers found an unidentified man, between 50-60 years old, on the train tracks on Galveston Road near the Gulf Freeway.

Residents reported that the man usually hangs out on the tracks.

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However, it’s unclear if the man was sitting on the tracks when the train hit him and dragged him about 300 feet.