Train derails after colliding with tractor-trailer, deputies say

Train derails after colliding with tractor-trailer, deputies say

A train derailed after hitting a semi-truck in Alto, prompting an investigation and closing several railroad crossings in northeast Georgia.

Train collides with tractor trailer, closing multiple railroad crossings in Hall County

A Norfolk Southern train struck a lowboy tractor trailer just after 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the railroad crossing on Old Cornelia Highway at Yonah-Homer Road, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.

Train carrying hazardous materials derails after striking trailer in Hall, Banks counties - Now Georgia

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed Thursday after striking a flatbed tractor-trailer hauling an excavator at the Yonah-Homer Road railroad crossing, according to Banks County Fire Chief Steve Nichols. Nichols said units with Banks County Fire and Emergency Services responded to the derailment at 11:50 a.m. According to Nichols, the northbound freight train struck the trailer while it was crossing the tracks on Yonah-Hom…