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Columbia man run over by train

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GROVETOWN - Columbia County officials are investigating the death of a Grovetown man who was run over by a train. <br> <br> Ernest Lee Smith Jr., 23, was found on the tracks early Saturday, Columbia County Sheriff&#39;s Maj. Rick Whitaker said. The train&#39;s engineers told police thy saw Smith, but were unable to stop the train. <br> <br> Investigators are awaiting results of a blood-alcohol test on Smith, whose body was sent to the state crime lab in Atlanta for an autopsy.
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