TOWN OF NEWBURGH – A 45-year-old Town of Newburgh woman was killed early Thursday afternoon when she was struck by a CSX freight train on Oak Street at the railroad tracks.

Newburgh Town Police Chief Bruce Campbell told Mid-Hudson News that the train engineer said the victim jumped in front of the southbound train at around 1 p.m.

Her name was not immediately made public.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, the chief said.

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