UPDATE: Oct. 3 at 9:35 a.m.
The Pulaski County Coroner's Office has identified the person who was hit and killed by a train in Somerset overnight on Thursday as 34-year-old Edward Yanicko.
Original Story:
The Somerset Fire Department reports that crews were dispatched overnight on Thursday to investigate a train that had struck a pedestrian on West Columbia Street and Mill Street.
Officials say they searched the area on foot and were able to locate the person with a drone.
According to officials, the Pulaski County Coroner's Office responded to the scene.
The fire department reports that Somerset-Pulaski County EMS and the Somerset Police Department were also on the scene.
No other information regarding the incident has been released.
