UPDATE: Watson Blvd./GA Hwy. 247 intersection closed until next week after train collision
According to the Warner Robins Police Department, Norfolk Southern says it will not have the railroad crossing repaired until May 16 due to the fabrication process of the crossing guard.
UPDATE (9:52 p.m.) – According to the Warner Robins Police Department, Norfolk Southern says it will not have the railroad crossing repaired until May 16 due to the fabrication process of the crossing guard.
WRPD says the Watson Blvd./Georgia Highway 247 intersection will be closed until repairs are complete.
Police say barriers and detour signs have been posted.
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UPDATE (6 p.m.) – The roadway is expected to be blocked until around midnight “with hopes to be open by morning business traffic at the latest,” according to an update from Warner Robins Police.
The flatbed wrecker has been removed from the crash scene, but the damaged locomotive is inoperable, so Norfolk Southern is bringing a locomotive from south of Warner Robins to remove the rail cars to the south on a side track.
Norfolk Southern will complete an assessment of the rail crossing and a temporary rail crossing will be established.
ORIGINAL STORY:
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A train collided with a flatbed wrecker in Warner Robins Wednesday, shutting down Watson Blvd. East of 2nd Street.
That’s according to a Warner Robins Police news release, which says the collision happened just after 3:30 on the west side of the railroad track near the Watson Blvd./Georgia Highway 247 intersection.
The wrecker was attempting to cross the tracks when the crossing arm dropped, and the driver was unable to move the vehicle. The driver escaped the vehicle before impact. No injuries were reported.
