LYNCHBURG, Va. -

Liberty University will hold a candlelight service for the student who was killed by a train Saturday afternoon.

Jonathan Gregoire died in the accident. He was 21.

The candlelight service is at 8 p.m. Monday on the steps of DeMoss Hall.

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Two people were hurt in an accident Saturdaywhen a northbound mixed-freight train bound for Manassas hit them on the train trestle behind Riverside Park.

One of the two injured, Jonathan Gregoire, was a student at Liberty University. He was declared dead at the scene.

According to a Norfolk-Southern spokesperson, no one was aware the group was on the tracks until the train operator spotted them.

Investigators are looking into what happened

Liberty University is mourning the loss of one of their students, just a few miles from campus.

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Liberty University mourns the loss of student in train accident