Crime & Safety
Cartersville Man Fatally Hit By Train
Donald Eugene Brock, 44, was walking his dog along the train tracks when he was hit and killed.
A Cartersville man was hit and killed by a train while walking his dog on railroad tracks Saturday afternoon.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Donald Eugene Brock, 44, was hit by a CSX train in the vicinity of Sugar Valley Road near Cassville Road in Cartersville.
Bartow Sheriff Clark Millsap told the newspaper the train sounded its horn several times warning Brock to get off the tracks, but the man did not respond to the signal.
An autopsy will be conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Stay with Patch for updates.
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