An Eastman police officer pulled an Eastman man from his vehicle, saving his life, just moments before a train hit the vehicle. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Noe Ciriaco Enriquez Olivera, age 31, was driving his 1996 Ford Explorer on 14th Avenue at approximately 3:05 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15. The driver missed the railway crossing and drove down the left side of the tracks on the gravel before pulling onto the tracks. Eastman Police Officer Kale Dunn saw the Explorer and went up to the vehicle where he found Enriquez Olivera asleep at the wheel. Dunn pulled Enriquez Olivera from the vehicle just moments before a southbound Norfolk Southern train hit the vehicle, knocking it approximately 170 feet off the train tracks.
An Eastman police officer pulled an Eastman man from his vehicle, saving his life, just moments before a train hit the vehicle. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Noe Ciriaco Enriquez Olivera, age 31, was driving his 1996 Ford Explorer on 14th Avenue at approximately 3:05 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15. The driver missed the railway crossing and drove down the left side of the tracks on the gravel before pulling onto the tracks. Eastman Police Officer Kale Dunn saw the Explorer and went up to the vehicle where he found Enriquez Olivera asleep at the wheel. Dunn pulled Enriquez Olivera from the vehicle just moments before a southbound Norfolk Southern train hit the vehicle, knocking it approximately 170 feet off the train tracks.