A man from Albany, Georgia, died Wednesday near Gainesville when he was struck and killed by a train. Jartaqaron Duniteo Willis was walking on the tracks around GA 60/Queen City Parkway at the time, investigators say.
Gainesville police and firefighters and Hall County Fire Services responded to the call at approximately 5:20 p.m. on November 10. Willis was dead when emergency crews arrived, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office became involved in the investigation when it was determined soon after, that the incident happened in unincorporated Hall County.
Norfolk Southern officials were also notified.
According to the preliminary investigation, the conductor sounded the horn and began slowing the train when Willis was spotted walking on the tracks. He was hit by the train under the Queen City Parkway Bridge.
Willis’ body was sent to the medical examiner for an autopsy. The incident remains under investigation, although the sheriff’s office says no charges are anticipated.
