SHREVEPORT, LA. (THECOUNT) — Bossier City, Louisiana man, Bruce Dominique, Jr., has been identified as the pedestrian struck and killed in a freak semi-tractor train accident in Shreveport on Friday.
According to reports, Dominique, 36, was killed in a tractor trailer and train collision on West 70th Street on Friday afternoon while on-foot beside the moving train.
The victim was walking beside a moving train, crossing West 70th Street when an 18-wheeler crossed the railroad tracks, causing the truck’s trailer to pivot, pinning Dominique against the train, according to a report by KSLA.
Dominique was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
This incident is still under investigation.
Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved man:
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Geo quick facts: Shreveport is a city in northwest Louisiana. Downtown, the Sci-Port Discovery Center features an IMAX dome and hands-on science exhibits. Spring Street Historical Museum explores local history in a restored 19th-century bank. Riverboat casinos dot the Red River. Surrounded by gardens and trails, R.W. Norton Art Gallery displays paintings, sculpture and rare books – wikipedia.
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