Driver not badly hurt after train rams his truck

Published 10:41 pm Thursday, December 28, 2006

A Dalton man escaped serious injury after his tractor trailer was struck by a train at the intersection of Highway 136 and Highway 41 in Resaca Wednesday afternoon.

Christopher Wayne Wood is charged with failing to stop his vehicle within 15 feet of a train crossing, according to Resaca Police Chief Chuck Butler.

Wood was driving on Highway 136 around 4:15 p.m. when he stopped on the tracks behind three cars attempting to turn onto Highway 41. When the crossing arms began to come down signaling a train was on its way, Wood could not get out of the way and was struck by the train, Butler said.

The truck, which was from Duvall Chemicals of Dalton, contained non-hazardous chemicals, Butler said, but none were spilled onto the roadway.

Wood was treated and released from Gordon Hospital, Butler said.

The phone at Duvall Chemicals was not answered Thursday afternoon.



Woman injured in I-75 vehicular wreck

An Indiana woman remained in serious condition Thursday afternoon at Hamilton Medical Center after a being injured in a two-car wreck on I-75 Wednesday afternoon.

Brenda Frady was driving four children to Orlando when her van hit a Toyota Camry near mile marker 341 around 4 p.m, said Trooper First Class Anthony Hulsey of the Georgia State Patrol.

The Toyota was changing lanes when it crossed the path of the van and was struck.

The impact casued the van to spin around and overturn before landing on its wheels, Hulsey said.

The driver of the Toyota fled the scene on foot and has not been caught. He will face charges, Hulsey said.

The Toyota had Tennessee tags and four other occupants, who didn’t speak English, Hulsey said. None of them said they knew the driver but said they were from Rome, he said.

The names of the other occupants were not released.