Personal trainer Travis "Achilles" Williams, 30, killed by train while making YouTube video in Buckhead, Georgia

Modified Date: 
Mon, 06/19/2017 - 2:44pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Popular personal trainer Achilles Williams, 30, killed by a freight train while jumping rope near tracks

Williams' loved ones have launched a GoFundme campaign hoping to raise $25,000 towards his final expenses and to help support his daughter. As of Thursday morning, the fundraiser was just $3,000 of meeting its goal. 

Popular personal trainer Travis Williams, better known as Achilles Williams, 30, killed by a freight train Tuesday while making a YouTube exercise video. Williams was a well-respected fitness professional. Williams and a companion were filming an exercise video near the train tracks in Buckhead when he seemingly underestimated the width of the oncoming train, which sideswiped him. Achilles Williams was best known for running a private fitness camp in Atlanta called Team Fitness. 

People Involved: 
Travis "Achilles" Williams
Roadway: 
Roxboro Road

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