UPDATE: Victim identified in case of car hit by train

UPDATE, POSTED 2 P.M. SEPT. 8, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A 37-year-old man was killed early Tuesday morning when the car he was in was struck by a Norfolk Southern train at the Greendale Road crossing between Red Clover and Spurr Road.

Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn identified the victim as David LeJaun Hockaday. Ginn said the cause of death was multiple blunt force trauma but the manner of death is under investigation.

UPDATE, POSTED 9:30 A.M. SEPT. 8, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A man was killed early Tuesday morning when his car was struck by a Norfolk Southern train.

Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed the fatality but said more information would not be released until later.

Lexington Police say they still aren’t sure why the man’s car was parked on the railroad tracks.

ORIGINAL STORY POSTED 5:15 A.M. SEPT. 8, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A coroner has been called in after a train hit a car overnight in Lexington.

Police say they were called to Spurr Road around 12:30 Tuesday morning.

They say a car was stopped on the tracks on Greendale Road, which is just off of Spurr,  when it was hit by a train. They say a man was inside at the time of the crash.

More information is expected to be released later.