A man struck and killed by a train in Hall County Monday night has been identified as Viviano Perez Ixcoy of Gainesville.
Just before 8:30 p.m. on March 28, Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded along with personnel from Hall County Fire Services to the scene on Atlanta Highway near Memorial Park Drive.
The initial investigation determined the victim and his brother were sitting on the tracks when the northbound train approached the area. The train conductor told investigators he blew the horn multiple times to alert the men. The brother was able to make it off the tracks, but Ixcoy did not.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the two brothers had been hunting on or near the train tracks at the time of the accident, says Hall County Sheriff’s spokesperson BJ Williams. She says an autopsy will be conducted to determine Ixcoy’s exact cause of death.
