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An autopsy has been ordered in the death of a 31-year-old Austin man who was struck by a train while walking on the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe tracks near Buckholts Friday morning.

This slight dip (see white line and partial circle highlight) on US 79 in Thorndale is being looked at in connection with the Aug. 13 tanker truck flip which resulted in the highway being closed for over 14 hours, according to Thorndale Police Chief Mark Birchard. “It looks like it’s where the trucker departed the pavement,” Birchard told The Reporter. “We received several complaints from other truck drivers and citizens about it.” Birchard said video from the cab showed the driver was not on the phone or distracted “and there was a sudden lurch to the right just moments before the accident.” Birchard said that part of the highway was resurfaced in June.

A 34-year-old Rockdale woman was charged with possession of the “designer drug” ecstasy after a Friday evening traffic stop.