CORDELE, GA. (THECOUNT) — Dennis Hestle has been identified as the teenager killed after being struck by a train in Crisp County, Georgia Thursday night.

Hestle, 17, died in the hospital following a train accident in Crisp County Thursday night, according to the Cordele Police Department.

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Hestle was a senior at Crisp County High School, CPD officials said.

“My investigators are continually working to determine how this happened,” Lewis Green, Cordele police chief, said. “We are all saddened by this unfortunate loss of life,” reports WALB.

Cordele police said anyone that may have spoken to Dennis before the accident are asked to call the Cordele Police Department at (229) 276-2921.

Geo quick facts: Crisp County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,439. The county seat is Cordele. The county was created on August 17, 1905 and named for Charles Frederick Crisp. Crisp County comprises the Cordele, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.