Shelbyville man dies in train accident

A Shelbyville resident has been identified as one of two men killed in a train collision in Nashville early Sunday morning.

Barwago Liban, 26, of Shelbyville was identified as the driver of a Nissan Sentra that was struck by a locomotive on East Thompson Lane near Glenrose Avenue, according to information from the Metro Nashville Police Department.

Also killed was a back seat passenger, Nimo Gunn, 56, of Baltimore. A passenger in the front seat, Odo Sallah Hussein, age and hometown unavailable, is recovering at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, metro police say.

The Sentra was traveling on East Thompson Lane at 1:50 a.m. Sunday when it came upon the railroad crossing with the gates down and warning lights and bells activated, police say.

For an unknown reason, the Sentra went around the gates and onto the track where it was struck by the train.