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A 9-year-old child who was riding a bike to school was struck and killed by a freight train Friday in central Illinois, police said.
The youth was struck in the village of Royal about 7:45 a.m. in "close proximity" to other people who were not injured, said Lt. Curt Apperson of the Champaign County Sheriff's Office.
Apperson called it a "tragic accident." The child was struck along tracks about two blocks from Prairieview-Ogden North Elementary, The News-Gazette of Champaign reported.
A nine-year-old child has been struck and killed by a freight train in central Illinois. (Fox News)
No additional information about the child was immediately released Friday by authorities.
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Prairieview-Ogden Superintendent Jeff Isenhower said grief counselors would be present at all three district schools Friday in Royal, Flatville and Ogden.
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The village of Royal is located about 10 miles northeast of Champaign.
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