Jeffrey Pearson, 55, and Robert Frost, 22, critically injured following crash between Amtrak train, 2 cars at Highway 51 and Fite Road in Shelby County, Tennessee
Car driver will be charged in crash between Amtrak train, 2 cars
SCSO spokesman Earle Farrell said a driver tried to beat the train and cross the train tracks while the crossing arms were down. That driver and the train crashed, and then the driver crashed into another car.
Train crash victim praying for driver who caused wreck
Shelby County Sheriff's Office said Jeffrey Pearson, 55, was impatient and tried to beat a train at the crossing between Fite Road and Raleigh-Millington Road. However, Pearson didn't beat the train. Instead, the train crashed into his vehicle.
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