DULUTH — A ride-share driver was killed Thursday morning in a collision with a train in Duluth.
According to the Duluth Police Department, police received a call regarding a collision between a vehicle and a train at 5:24 a.m.
Witnesses told police the vehicle was stuck on the railroad tracks near S Peachtree Street at Hardy Street.
The train operator noticed the car and immediately activated the emergency stopping system for the train while signaling with the horn.
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The driver never exited his vehicle and was struck on the driver’s side of the car by the train. A passenger, who was a user of a ride-share app, exited the vehicle before the collision and was unharmed.
The driver, identified as 39-year-old Guangyun Jin suffered fatal injuries due to the collision and was pronounced dead on the scene.
The Duluth Police Department is continuing to investigate this incident.
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