Crime & Safety
Family Of Uber Driver Killed By Train Saves Another Car Stuck On Same Tracks: Report
The family of Guangyun Jin went to the spot where he was fatally struck by a train in Duluth, only to save another car stuck on the tracks.
DULUTH, GA — The family of a man killed by a train earlier this month in Duluth believes the man refused to leave his car not because he wanted to save the vehicle, but other lives, reported WSB-TV.
The family told the news station that while they were looking at the accident site on Sunday a vehicle got stuck on the tracks in the same spot along South Peachtree Street. Family member Forrest Li convinced the driver to leave his car behind and Duluth police were able to stop an inbound train before it hit the car, reported the station.
On March 17, Guangyun Jin, an Uber driver with a passenger in the car, got stuck on the same tracks. The passenger jumped out before the train came, but Jin stayed and was hit and killed.
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Duluth police have a long list of vehicles they had to rescue off the stretch of tracks, reported WSB.
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A GoFundMe was launched to help the driver’s widow and two-year-old daughter. As of Friday, over $17,000 has been raised of the $100,000 goal.
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