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Man fatally struck by SEPTA train in Northeast Philadelphia

The Fox Chase Line was suspended for more than two hours after an 18-year-old man was killed south of the Lawndale Station.

File photo of a SEPTA train
File photo of a SEPTA trainRead moreDAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer

An 18-year-old was fatally struck by a SEPTA Regional Rail train Wednesday afternoon in Northeast Philadelphia, the transit agency said.

Service on the Fox Chase Line was suspended for more than two hours after the man, who was not identified, was hit south of the Lawndale Station shortly around 4:40 p.m. by a train traveling to Center City, authorities said.

The man, who police said was walking on the tracks, was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

Service on the line resumed shortly before 7 p.m.

No further details were immediately available.