Atlanta Fire Rescue frees man trapped under MARTA train near Rhodes Street NW, Northside Drive

By CNN Newsource

Published January 4, 2022 7:10 PM

By Joyce Lupiani

ATLANTA (WGCL) — A man was trapped under a MARTA train on Tuesday afternoon, according to Atlanta Fire Rescue.

The fire department tweeted at 4:44 p.m. that they were working the incident. Shortly after, the power was turned off at the location of the incident. At 4:56 p.m., they tweeted that the man had been freed.

The incident happened near 502 Rhodes Street NW near Northside Drive NW. At this time, it is unknown how the man became trapped under the train. The man’s leg was injured.

MARTA says the man was trespassing on the tracks. They have arranged transportation for people who were on the train or were impacted by the incident.

Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

Article Topic Follows: CNN - Regional

Jump to comments ↓