Easton man fatally hit by train, coroner says

An Easton man died after he was hit by a train earlier this month in the city.

James Brown, 39, was hit by a Norfolk Southern train about 6:30 a.m. Oct. 7, according to Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek.

Brown was walking eastbound along the ties of the railroad track on Easton’s South Side when he was hit by a westbound train, the coroner said in a news release. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.

His identity was not known when he died, Lysek said. The coroner said Tuesday that he had since been identified and the information could be released. His cause of death is multiple blunt-force injuries. The manner of death is pending further investigation, Lysek said.