The Brief
- A Brandon family is grieving after 17-year-old Jamar Bond was hit and killed by a CSX freight train near Brandon High School.
- Investigators say the teen was walking near the tracks in dense fog when he was struck.
- Detectives are still working to determine exactly how the accident happened.
BRANDON, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office says Jamar Bond was found unresponsive Thursday morning along train tracks near Lakewood Drive in Brandon.
Investigators say he was on his way to Brandon High School and was walking near the tracks when he was hit by a CSX freight train.
Bond was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he died one day later. Deputies say headphones were found near him, and the area was covered in dense fog at the time.
The backstory:…