FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT

AURORA - A Mesabi East High School student is dead after being hit by a train while walking to school.

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened about 7:30 this morning about 300 yards east of Main Street in Aurora.

Fifteen-year-old Cole Packa was struck by a west bount train while attempting to cross the rail road tracks at a undesignated area.

Packa died at the scene of the accident.

St. Louis County authorities are still investigating.

We will have the latest on this story tonight on FOX 21 News at Six and Nine.