A woman was struck by a train near the Maple Street crossing Tuesday afternoon. (Doug Walker, RN-T.com)
According to Rome police officer John Giles:
A woman who was a mental patient walked into a train that came through the crossing at Maple Street behind Rome Liquor and Tobacco at about 4:30 p.m.
She was not seriously hurt and was taken to Floyd Medical Center with a cut on her ankle and abrasions on her head.
The train was stopped for a time while police and Norfolk Southern officials investigated the incident, blocking Second Avenue and Maple Street.