GERMANTOWN, Tenn.—A train in Tennessee collided with a truck crossing the tracks, killing the truck driver.
Germantown Police Captain Mike Fisher says the Thursday afternoon collision caused 14 of 30 train cars to derail, with many of the cars spilling into the street.
Train crashes into truck in Tennessee; driver killed https://t.co/ltU5qyyxDL
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Forty-year-old Marco Brooks had been crossing the tracks on a private driveway to deliver a dumpster to a resident. He was airlifted to the hospital where he died of his injuries.
All the derailed train cars were empty, but the accident closed the street for hours. Train personnel were uninjured.
A train derailed on Poplar Pike in Germantown on Thursday after crashing into a garbage truck on the tracks, and now the truck driver is fighting for his life. https://t.co/xpIrHp9BoR
— WREG News Channel 3 (@3onyourside) June 14, 2019
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
WMC-TV reports a couple was killed in another fatal train collision just a few yards away from this crash in November 2018.
Truck driver dies after colliding with train, causing derailment #wmc5 >>https://t.co/o5y4iUiMbM pic.twitter.com/DLIoe8Frzw
— WMC Action News 5 (@WMCActionNews5) June 14, 2019
