Madison, GA: Train Wreck in Morgan County Kills at Least One

By Zachary Stieber

January 5, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015

A train wreck in Madison, Georgia on Sunday has left at least one person dead.

The Georgia State Patrol told NBC that the wreck happened at Double Bridges and Hightower Road in Morgan County.

WSB-TV is reporting that the fatality was a tractor-trailer driver who was killed after getting hit by a train.

Madison is about an hour southeast of Atlanta.

Story developing; check back for updates

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