A train collided with a large tractor-trailer in Forest Park, a Clayton County city south of Atlanta, on Monday, closing part of Main Street while crews cleared the scene.
The Forest Park Fire and Emergency Services Department said the crash happened at Main Street near Hale Road and that a temporary road closure was put in place. WSB-TV reporter Berndt Petersen, reporting from the site, said the train was operating on Norfolk Southern track and that the truck was hauling a load of snacks and sodas, which spilled across the roadway.
Forest Park police officers were on hand to help clear both traffic lanes. Officials said the cause of the collision was not immediately clear, and no injuries had been reported at the time of the station's report. Residents and drivers were asked to avoid the area and to follow detours and traffic control measures until the road reopened.
The Forest Park crash follows several other collisions between trains and commercial trucks in metro Atlanta this year. WSB-TV reported that a train struck a tractor-trailer in DeKalb County the previous week, scattering large rolls of paper across the road. In June, a CSX train and a semi-truck were involved in a fiery crash in Atlanta, and in a separate Atlanta incident a train hit a tractor-trailer, cutting through the rig and leaving packages strewn on the ground.
Details on the truck's carrier, the train's crew and any investigation findings were not disclosed in the report.
Source: WSB-TV -- https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/clayton-county/train-tractor-trailer-collide-causing-roadblock-metro-atlanta/TPMIRUDTUVFLRMR5KO6YYCJTOY/