A 40-year-old man died Saturday afternoon when a train hit him on railroad tracks in Houston County.

What’s Happening: Benjamin Martin was on the tracks near the Flournoy Road crossing in Elko around 3 p.m. when the train struck him. He died at the scene.

What’s Important: Officials do not know why Martin was on the tracks when the train came through.

What’s Next: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab will perform an autopsy. The Houston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what happened.

The Sources: Houston County Coroner James Williams.

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B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.