Crime & Safety

Tractor-Trailer Stuck on CSX Track Again

Train traffic was stopped in time to prevent an accident, unlike last week when a tractor-trailer was struck by a train at the same crossing.

A tractor-trailer got stuck on the CSX track at Cherokee and Main Street in downtown Kennesaw today, exactly a week since a

Police were dispatched to the crossing shortly before 12 p.m., said Officer Scott Luther of the  Luther said there were no oncoming trains at the time the call was made and that all train traffic was stopped. He said the tractor-trailer is currently being moved, and the intersection should reopen shortly. 

Last Friday, a tractor-trailer . In a similar incident in December 2009, a tractor-trailer carrying supplies for Papa John's was hit at the crossing.

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Police said incidents of trucks getting stuck on the tracks have occurred on several occasions. Signage in the area prohibits tractor-trailers from crossing the tracks.


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