MARCH 20, 2015 EST
UPDATE
FORMER MRS. AMERICA KILLED AFTER HER SUV IS STRUCK BY CSX
TRAIN IN TENNESSEE
WAVERLY, TENNESSEE
A former Mrs.
America was killed after her SUV was struck by a train while trying to cross
the tracks in Humphreys County.
The crash involved a
CSX train and Ford Explorer around 12:45 p.m. Friday at the Consoler Road
crossing in Waverly.
Officials said Susan
Goodman, winner of Mrs. America in 1983, was killed. She was the Executive
Director of the United Way in Humphreys and Benton counties.
Officials with the
Waverly Police Department said she was trying to cross the tracks when it was
struck by the train. Goodman was ejected from the vehicle and died at the
scene.
Sheriff Chris Davis
knew Goodman for many years and said she was a good friend. Davis said her
death is a great loss to the county.
CSX spokesperson
Kristin Seay said the train was made up of 2 locomotives and 31 rail cars. It
was headed to Savannah, Georgia from Memphis.
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WAVERLY, TN (WSMV)
Family and friends
are mourning a woman who was killed when her car collided with a train in
Humphreys County on Friday.
Authorities are
trying to figure out why the woman, who was well known in the community, was
trying to cross the tracks.
Susan King Goodman,
executive director of United Way of Humphreys and Benton counties, was killed
in the collision.
Police said the
train hit Goodman's vehicle and spun it around into a ditch. Goodman was
ejected and died at the scene.
Investigators said
it is unclear why Goodman was trying to cross the tracks in the rural area of
Humphreys County.
Source: www.wsmv.com