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WICHITA, Kansas — A woman died Friday morning after being hit by a train.
It happened near 31st Street and K-15. Officers say she was walking near the tracks. As the train came up behind her, the conductor tried to warn her with a whistle, but police say the 39-year-old woman was wearing earbuds and apparently didn’t hear the warning. She died at the scene. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of accidents involving pedestrians wearing earbuds.
We went to Sedgwick County EMS to talk about concerns. They say it’s not uncommon to learn in accidents involving walkers or joggers being hit by cars, that the individual was wearing earbuds.
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