Crime & Safety
Marietta Driver Arrested After Train Hits Vacant Car
The crash involving a train and an abandoned car happened Monday near South Marietta Parkway, police say.
MARIETTA, GA — A Marietta man is facing charges after police say a car he left on a set of railroad tracks was hit by a train Monday near South Marietta Parkway.
Officers responded around 3:45 a.m. to the CSX railroad crossing. Police said the train rammed the vacant black Honda Civic after it was left abandoned near the Waverly Way and Powder Springs Street intersection.
The train never left the tracks, but it did push the car, police said. The crash caused the railway to be shut down for about an hour.
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Police said Miguel Villasenor, the 22-year-old driver of the Honda, was found walking near the Whitlock and Wright streets intersection.
Villasenor was arrested on charges of illegal stop/stand/park where prohibited and driving under the influence any combination of alcohol/drugs/less safe, police said. He was booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, police said.
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