By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News

A Morris man was pronounced dead after being struck by a train in Morris.

According to Grundy County Coroner John W. Callahan, his office and the Morris Police are investigation the incident that happened at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Callahan said preliminary findings indicate 20-year-old Zachary Leo Johnston was walking westbound on the track at the Liberty Street crossing and was wearing headphones plugged into his phone.

The train engineer said he sounded the horn but Johnston never turned around.

The incident remains under investigation.