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STATESVILLE, N.C. — Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a “ghost train” from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.
Iredell County Sheriff Phil Redmond said 29-year-old Christopher Kaiser of Charlotte was killed about 2:45 a.m. Friday. According to Redmond, witnesses said about 12 people were on the trestle hoping to see a ghost train when the real train rounded a bend. Everyone but Kaiser was able to clear the tracks at the end of the trestle.
A train wreck Aug. 27, 1891, killed about two dozen people. Folklore websites claim the accident can be heard on each anniversary.
