Crime & Safety
FedEx Truck Destroyed By Train In Franklin
A Good Samaritan pulled a FedEx driver from the wreckage after his truck was struck by a train near Franklin.
FRANKLIN, TN — A train hit a FedEx truck in Franklin Thursday afternoon, virtually destroying it. The driver was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.
Just after 3:50 p.m., the truck, driven by 34-year-old Stephen McMaster III, was crossing Clovercroft Road near Wilson Pike and was hit by a passing train. The crash shattered the front end of the truck, flipping the box of the truck nearly upside down.
The Williamson County Sheriff's office said a Good Samaritan passing by helped pull McMaster out of the truck. McMaster was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. No one on the train was injured
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Rail operator CSX said the train was traveling from Birmingham to Memphis. It had four locomotives, 16 loaded cars carrying mixed freight and 17 empty rail cars.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol said charges are pending against McMaster for the crash.
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