ALMA, IL — Illinois State Police report a 47-year-old Kinmundy man was killed early Wednesday morning after being struck by a train on the tracks crossing Currie Road just south of Brubaker Road near Alma.

Marion County Deputy Coroner Carl Dunn pronounced Chad Hawkey dead at the scene.

According to ISP, Hawkey was traveling northbound on Currie Road Wednesday, when around 6:46 a.m. he pulled his black Chevrolet sedan onto the tracks.

He was then reportedly struck by a UP train traveling those set of tracks.