Randolph officer Scott Sherman, 56, died Sunday after being struck by a commuter rail train in Abington, authorities said.

An off-duty longtime Randolph police officer was struck and killed by an MBTA commuter rail train in Abington on Sunday night, authorities said. At approximately 8 p.m., police were notified that a pedestrian had been hit at the Birch Street railroad crossing east of the intersection of North Avenue and Railroad Street in Abington,

A Massachusetts police sergeant attempting to cross train tracks in Abington, Massachusetts, on Sunday night was struck and killed by a Commuter Rail train, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said.