A 47-year-old father of three struck by a train on Sept. 10 has died.

Eric Nanibush was struck by a 44-car train on the CN tracks near Birge Park, just east of Wentworth Street North shortly before 3 a.m. Train crews told police he was barefoot and clad in a T-shirt and jeans, lying on the tracks. All of his personal effects were missing.

He was taken to hospital and put on life support before he died. His wife, Jennifer Pawis, said that after an autopsy, Nanibush's body would be returned to his home, the Shawanaga First Nation, for a traditional, four-day ceremony.

Pawis says Nanibush's family and friends still have many questions about the circumstances of his death and hope a police investigation will offer some answers. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Matt Hewko at 905-546-4755.