DULUTH, Ga. – A rideshare driver is lifeless after police say his vehicle turned stuck at a Duluth railroad crossing Thursday morning.
Officials with the Duluth Police Department inform FOX 5 they acquired a name concerning the incident shortly earlier than 5:30 a.m. at an intersection near South Peachtree Street and Hardy Street. At the scene, they discovered a harm vehicle in a close-by embankment.
According to investigators, the rideshare drive and a passenger inside his vehicle had been crossing the tracks when the automobile turned stuck.
The passenger noticed a train coming and bought out of the vehicle, Duluth Police Officer Ted Sadowski stated.
The driver, who was later recognized by police as 39-year-old Guangyun Jin, remained within the vehicle to attempt to get it off the tracks. He was nonetheless inside when the train hit his automobile, killing him.
The train pushed the SUV about 200 yards earlier than it fell into the embankment and got here to relaxation, Sadowski stated.
Police stay on the scene to analyze the crash.
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