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Train fatality victim identified as Turlock resident

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Sabra Stafford

Updated: Aug 26, 2017, 1:06 AM

Published: Aug 26, 2017, 1:07 AM

The woman killed when she was struck by a freight train in Modesto on Monday has been identified as a Turlock resident. The Stanislaus County Coroner's Office identified the deceased as Verona Ovrahim, 30. The Modesto Police Department stated Ovrahim was on the Union Pacific railroad tracks at Eighth and I streets when she was struck by the freight train.

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