Police investigate body found on railroad tracks in Gaston County

Police said they are trying to find out what led to a body that was found on railroad tracks Wednesday in downtown Gastonia.

GASTONIA, N.C. — Police said they are trying to find out what led to a body that was found on railroad tracks Wednesday in downtown Gastonia.

Officials said someone discovered the body around 10:30 a.m. near the overpass across the street from the city’s police department.

Police said the person fell from the bridge on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard onto the tracks below.