GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said the railroad crossing at Old Wrightsboro Road and Katherine Street is back open after a train hit an 18-wheeler stuck on the tracks.
The 18-wheeler was blown apart and dragged by the train that hit it on the tracks in Grovetown on Friday afternoon – but amazingly, no one was injured.
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The semi, a McLane food-service delivery truck, was trying to cross the railroad tracks when it got stuck on a hump.
Then the train came along just after 12:35 p.m.
Although the train wasn’t moving at a high speed, the front of the truck was torn apart.
“You could hear the train, see the train coming. I didn’t really think it was going to hit the truck, but that thing, you know, boom, blew up right there,