UPDATE: Train-SUV collision victim dies, according to Macon-Bibb Coroner

Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says Cheryl Rawls died on Sunday.

UPDATE (11/18/24): Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says Cheryl Rawls died on Sunday, two days after her vehicle was struck by a train.

According to Jones, she was pronounced dead at 11:07 a.m.

UPDATE (11/15/24 – 10:08 p.m.): – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman injured in Friday’s collision as Cheryl Rawls of Macon. Deputies say she’s still listed in critical condition.

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 76-year-old woman is in critical condition at the hospital after a train collided with an SUV Friday afternoon.

It happened just after 2:30 on Tucker Road near Forsyth Road, according to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Deputies say they arrived and found the vehicle had been struck by a train. Witnesses said the train crossing gate came down on the vehicle, and the driver was not able to get clear from the train’s path.

Call the sheriff’s office at (478) 751-7500 if you have additional information.