EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Emporia police identified a woman who was killed by a train earlier this week as 52-year-old Tuesday Mounkes of Emporia.
The Emporia Gazette reports Mounkes was struck by a train around 1:13 p.m. Tuesday. Officers found her body east of the intersection near the tracks.
Police say the train was traveling east and Mounkes was walking south when she was hit.
Police spokesman Capt. David DeVries says no foul play is suspected.