Crime & Safety
Teen Killed By Train in Wentzville Identified
Mitchell Maserang, 15, a Fox High School student, was struck and killed by a train on Sunday morning in Wentzville.
The man that was struck and killed by a train Sunday morning has been identified as a 15-year-old boy from Arnold.
Mitchell Maserang was wearing headphones and walking away from the westbound train when he was struck at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday, according to officials at Norfolk Southern Railroad.
Robin Chapman, a spokesman for the railroad who spoke to CBS News Local and KMOX radio said that even though the train blew its horn, the man never responded.
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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Maserang was going to be a sophomore at Fox High School in Arnold. He had been visiting his father and stepmother, Michael and Gina, in Wentzville and lives with his mother, Carol, in Arnold.
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