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MARC train strikes, kills man in Prince George’s County

A man is dead after he was hit by a MARC train Friday evening in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Police responded to reports of a person struck on the tracks around 5:20 p.m. The train was traveling southbound toward the Greenbelt station, police said.

The man was killed between the MARC stations at Greenbelt and Muirkirk, near Beltsville, Maryland.

The MARC Camden Line train is not running.

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No one else was injured in the accident.

Below is a map of the area where the man was hit.

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