High school student killed by train in U.S. Houston

HOUSTON, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A high school student was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train on Monday morning in southeast Houston, the largest city of the southern U.S. state of Texas, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) confirmed.

The 10th-grade Milby High School student was found dead on the scene after being struck by the train around 7:35 a.m. Central Standard Time, local media reported.