Man dead after being struck by train
A man struck by a train in western Cleveland County early Monday morning has died.
Jovonne Avery Dimsdale, of Forest City, died in a Spartanburg hospital from injuries sustained in the incident, which occurred around near midnight Sunday on the train tracks near the intersection of Ellenboro Road and N.C. 120. The train engineer said he observed what looked like a person lying on the tracks and could not stop before hitting them, said Cleveland County Sheriff Alan Norman.
Deputies with the Cleveland County Sheriff s Office, first responders from Cleveland County EMS and No. 7 Volunteer Fire Department were able to locate Dimsdale, still alive and breathing on the tracks.