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Train strikes car outside Atlanta, killing 3 women [View all]
ETA: Hat tip, Trainorders: Eastern Railroad Discussion > GA. Deadly encounter between car and CSX
Train strikes car outside Atlanta, killing 3 women
Donesha Aldridge, WXIA-TV, Atlanta Published 5:57 a.m. ET July 31, 2018 | Updated 7:21 a.m. ET July 31, 2018
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – Three women in a car struck by a train outside of Atlanta on Monday are dead and a fourth remains hospitalized.
Lt. Derrick Rogers with the South Fulton Police Department said the accident with the CSX train happened around 4 p.m. on the train tracks at Buffington Road near Roosevelt Highway.
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A witness said she was sitting at a red light when she saw a black Impala with the four women inside drive around two other cars to try to beat the train.
"The train was already there, and I just seen the train hit the car and took the people down the street," said Shardai Jett. ... Jett said she went over to the car and tried to do what she could after the train hit, but she knew right away the paramedics were necessary.
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Donesha Aldridge, WXIA-TV, Atlanta Published 5:57 a.m. ET July 31, 2018 | Updated 7:21 a.m. ET July 31, 2018
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – Three women in a car struck by a train outside of Atlanta on Monday are dead and a fourth remains hospitalized.
Lt. Derrick Rogers with the South Fulton Police Department said the accident with the CSX train happened around 4 p.m. on the train tracks at Buffington Road near Roosevelt Highway.
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A witness said she was sitting at a red light when she saw a black Impala with the four women inside drive around two other cars to try to beat the train.
"The train was already there, and I just seen the train hit the car and took the people down the street," said Shardai Jett. ... Jett said she went over to the car and tried to do what she could after the train hit, but she knew right away the paramedics were necessary.
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