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Michigan deputy rescues woman lying on railroad tracks

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A Monroe County Sheriff's deputy rescued a woman who was lying across railroad tracks on Tuesday.

Officials say at about 2:04 p.m., deputies were called to the area of Albain Road near Telegraph for a woman who was lying on the tracks. The responding deputy spotted the railroad gates lowering as a train was coming. 

The deputy pulled the 67-year-old woman from the tracks seconds before the train came through, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment.

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