Police tape marks a crime scene in this file photo.JOHN LEHMANN/The Globe and Mail
Police say a man and a woman are dead after being hit by a freight train outside Hamilton.
Halton region police Sgt. Robert Lloyd says they were struck and killed around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Milton.
Lloyd says they were struck by a westbound CP Rail train along a stretch of track (near Milborough Town Line north of Derry Road) and not near a crossing.
No names have been released.
Police are investigating.