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Man seriously injured when train hits small SUV near Vineville Avenue in north Macon

A man was said to be in critical condition Monday at a Macon hospital after the small SUV he was driving struck a freight train Sunday night at an intersection a block south of Vineville Avenue.

The crash happened shortly before 8 p.m. on Lake Terrace, which ties into Lake Street, a sparsely-traveled side street a couple of blocks north of Brookdale Avenue on the north side of Payne City.

The rail crossing is marked by flashing red signal lights but there are no traffic arms.

Bibb County sheriff’s officials said in a statement that Marquethus Flowers, 29, the driver of a Nissan Rogue, “collided with a moving train.”

Further details were not immediately available.

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Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.
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