7/25/2019 Man Hit by Train in Cleveland - Report #2016-29709
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Case
Number:
2016-29709
CLEVELAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT
Incident
-
Media Report
Date:
0612812016 6:40am
to
06/2812016
6:45am
Weapon Type:
OLDCHATTANOOGAPIKE SW@ RAILROADCROSSINGAPTCROSSING 731-651F
CLEVELAND,
TN 37311-
Officer:
MCCOY
MICHAEL
Approving Officer:
Arrested:
0
Date/Tlme of
Arrest:
OTHER OFFENSES
Completed
YES
NORFOLK
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY
POLICE
DEP 34 SCRUGGS ST CHATTANOOGA,
TN 37403-
-
LAST KNOWN: 870 THOMPSON SPRINGS RD CLEVELAND, TN 37323-
WHITE Sex:
MALE
Age: 28
Weight: 130
06/28/2016,
AT
APPROXIMATELY 0646 HOURS,
I
WAS
NOTIFIED OF A PEDESTRIAN
STRUCK
BY
A TRAIN
IN
THE
OF
APD 4OIOLD CHATTANOOGA PIKE SW CROSSING AREA. MULTIPLE POLICE,
FIRE. AND EMS UNITS
TO THE AREA
ATTEMPTING
TO
LOCATE
THE
SCENEA/ICTIM.
TRAIN INVOLVED WAS NORFOLK SOUTHERN 15T,
TRAVELING WEST FROM KNOXVILLE TO CHATTANOOGA. TH
SPEED
LIMIT IN THE AREA
WAS 60
MPH.
APPROXIMATELY
O7O4
HOURS DISPATCH ADVISED
THAT
CFD
HAD LOCATED THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM
WAS
FOUN
A TANKER
CAR
(CONTENTS
UNKNOWN)
BEARING XOMX 11027. THE
VICTIM WAS
SEVERAL
HUNDRE
THE
RAILROAD
CROSSING ON OLD
CHATTANOOGA PIKE SW. OFFICER
W
WHILE
CFD
AND EMS WERE WITH THE PATIENT AND STATED
THE
SUBJECT
WAS AWAKE
AND
THE
RIGHT SIDE OF
HIS HEAD.
D TO THE LOCATION; HOWEVER,
BY
THE TIME
I
ARRIVED
THE
PATIENT HAD BEEN MOVED TO AN
SW
AND
A
MEDICAL HELICOPTER
WAS
ENROUTE
TO TRANSPORT THE
TO ERLANGER HOSPITAL IN CHATTANOOGA. CPD CRIME SCENE
TECH
S. CLARK
WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN
T
NAME AS JOSEPH CROSS
WITH A
OATE-OF-BIRTH OF 1O/19/1987.
THAT
INFORMATION
WAS MATCHED TO
IN THE RMS DATABASE WHICH
PROVIDED THE REMAINING IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION FOR THE
LT BEVERLY AND DET WATTENBARGER RESPONDED TO
THE
SCENE.
ANY FURTHER
REPORTING INFORMATIO
BE PROVIDED BY DET WATTENBARGER.
MY
INVOLVEMENT
IN
THE
INVESTIGATION
WAS RECORDED ON MY
LOCATION WHERE THE VICTIM, JOSEPH CROSS,
WAS FOUND WAS
35.12U21,44.904313
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