A 26-year-old Marietta man was killed early Saturday when his pickup truck became stuck on railroad tracks and was struck by a freight train in Powder Springs, according to Cobb County police.
The crash happened at about 2:47 a.m. March 14 on Brownsville Road west of Powder Springs-Dallas Road, the Cobb County Police Department’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program unit said.
Investigators said Diego Lamothe was driving a white 2000 Toyota Tacoma east on Brownsville Road as a Norfolk Southern freight train approached the crossing traveling south. Police said Lamothe drove onto the south shoulder, went around the crossing arms and tried to cross the tracks, where the truck became stuck…