A UPS driver from Soddy-Daisy was killed when he crossed a railroad track and a freight train struck the truck in Rhea County.
Terrell Hampton was killed by a southbound Norfolk Southern train Tuesday afternoon, a Tennessee Highway Patrol incident report shows.
The accident happened about 2:30 p.m. at a railroad crossing on Highwater Road, a dead-end road on the north end of Dayton, said Rhea County Coroner Daryle Cochran.
When Hampton pulled onto the railroad tracks that didn't have crossing arms, the train struck the truck on the driver's side, the report shows.
Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers investigated the accident and no charges were filed, the report shows.