Coroner identifies man hit and killed by train in Ocean Springs

A man hit and killed by a train Thursday morning while walking on the tracks has been identified as a 57-year-old homeless man.

Ocean Springs police officers responded at 11:35 a.m. Thursday to the railroad tracks near Cherokee Glen road, just east of the Biloxi Bay Bridge, after a report of a pedestrian hit by a train.

Jackson County Coroner Bruce Lynd Jr. on Friday identified the deceased as Dale A. Hammond. He died of blunt force trauma to the body, Lynd said.

Witnesses told police Hammond was walking westbound on the tracks and “did not respond to the westbound train’s warning of its approach.”

The train came to an emergency stop after the incident, and the tracks were reopened at 2:30 p.m., police said.

The Ocean Springs Police Department and CSX are investigating this incident. Anyone with any information should call police at 228-875-2211.

This story was originally published January 7, 2021 at 3:25 PM.