Categories: ThecounT

VA Man Alberto Zaldivar Columbie ID’d As Victim Struck Killed By Bedford Train Friday

BEDFORD COUNTY, VA. (THECOUNT)Alberto Zaldivar Columbie, of Daleville, VA, has been identified as the victim killed after being struck by a train while parked on the tracks in Big Island.

Columbie, 39, was attempting to move a semi-truck off the tracks in Bedford County on Friday when an oncoming train struck him and the vehicle.

A tractor-trailer improperly parked on railroad tracks on Georgia Pacific plant property in Big Island as a train approached about 7:30 p.m. Friday, police said. The semi-truck stalled on the tracks during a delivery to the Georgia Pacific mill, according to previous reports.

The driver was killed while attempting to move the truck off the tracks when it was struck by the train, according to a news release from state police.

He was then trapped under the truck after it was struck on the passenger side, the news release said source

Columbie was pronounced dead at the scene

The crash remains under investigation.

Anyone with possible information on the deadly crash should contact police at 911.

THECOUNT.COM "ALWAYS OPEN! Since 2005!"

this is why i'm hot

Recent Posts

Bryant U Students ID’d As Victims In Sunday Triple-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash

LINCOLN, RI. (THECOUNT) — Denis Aguilar Campos, 41, has been identified as the wrong-way driver…

1 hour ago

DE Shoplifter Fatally Struck By Vehicle Fleeing New Castle Wawa DUI Driver Cited

NEW CASTLE, DE. (THECOUNT) — David Wilmore, from Middletown, was killed Friday evening while fleeing…

2 hours ago

Nicholas Meuse ID’d As Suspect In Saturday Carver MA Double-Fatal Child Party Shooting

CARVER, MA. (THECOUNT) — Benjamin Cowart, of Brockton, Jalen Pina, of Middleboro, have been identified…

3 hours ago

NY Man Josh Stevens ID’d As Victim In Friday Westtown Fatal Crash [GoFundMe]

ORANGE COUNTY, NY (THECOUNT) — Joshua R. Stevens, 25, of Westtown, New York, has been…

1 day ago

OH Man Corey Graham ID’d As Victim In Saturday Lebanon Fatal Crash

LEBANON, OH (THECOUNT) — Corey Graham, 45, of Ohio, has been identified as the man…

1 day ago

IL Teen Addi Johnson ID’d As Victim In Friday Fatal Jacksonville Crash

JACKSONVILLE, IL (THECOUNT) — Adelisa “Addi” Rose Johnson, a 15-year-old Illinois teenager, has been identified…

1 day ago