Crime & Safety
Man Hit By Train in DeKalb County Identified
The 30-year-old was standing close enough to the tracks that he was killed when the train drove by, investigators say.
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The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identity of the man who was struck and killed by a train in DeKalb County on Tuesday.
Travis Williams, 30, was standing too close to the tracks outside the apartment complex at 1050 Lenox Park Blvd. at approximately 4:30 p.m. when he was hit by a train traveling from Chamblee to East Point. Williams, who changed his name to Achilles Williams, was a personal trainer and popular YouTube performer who was filming a scene when the accident occurred, 11 Alive News says.
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Friends and family have set up a GoFundMe page to cover Williams’ funeral expenses and to help provide for his daughter.
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