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Man killed in train crash identified

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photo A tow truck worker pulls a truck off the tracks at the intersection of Carroll Road and U.S. Highway 11 in Dade County, Ga.

The man killed by a train in Dade County, Ga., Wednesday afternoon has been identified as Alvin G. Yount of Chattanooga.

Yount, 80, was killed when a Norfolk Southern train struck his vehicle, which had apparently become stuck on the tracks at the intersection of Carroll Road and U.S. Highway 11.