Train Derails, Sends Rail Car Crashing Into Home In Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA -- Police are investigating the cause of a train derailment that sent a rail car into a man's bedroom early Thursday. The homeowner, asleep in bed, went to the hospital with minor injuries, according to news reports.

The incident happened in the 1300 block of Andrews Street in the northwestern part of the city, authorities said. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

The trains did not contain any hazardous materials and most were empty, WAGA-TV reports. The man inside the home was helped out of the home by a neighbor, the TV station said. He is recovering at Grady Memorial Hospital.

As many as 13 rail cars left the tracks, Atlanta fire spokesman Cortez Stafford told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "You're sleeping in your bed, and you hear a large rumble and you hear a large crash," he told the newspaper. "So he's very fortunate that he's alive right now."

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Authorities shut down nearby roads that cross the tracks, including Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and MLK. Stafford added that the scene has been stabilized and neighbors aren't in any danger.

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