LITHONIA, Ga. — A train crash involving a tractor-trailer is causing some delays in DeKalb County on Friday morning.

According to CSX, the incident happened at around 4:58 a.m. when one of their trains came in contact with a tractor-trailer at Turner Hill Road crossing at Covington Highway. First responders arrived at the railroad crossing to find the semi-truck demolished by a train. The semi-truck was carrying pickup trucks.

"Next thing you know I seen the train lights and but thank God everything I made it out...but thank God everything worked out, we can get another truck, but you only get one life," said Toree Davis, the driver of the tractor-trailer.

From the scene, we can see that the cab of the tractor-trailer is on its side and that it hit both a utility box and a small power p

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