Grant County deputies said a man was hit by a freight train late Saturday afternoon. The accident happened in the 2900 block of Dixie Highway south of Crittenden. Investigators said that two men were walking south on the tracks when a southbound Norfolk Southern train came up behind them around 5:55 p.m. One man was able to get off the tracks in time, but the other man was hit. The white male in his early twenties was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was removed by the Grant County coroner. The victim has not been identified.