UPDATE on Teenager Hit by a Train

A 15-year-old Tullahoma youth is in stable but critical condition in a Chattanooga hospital after being struck by a train early Sunday morning just outside of Tullahoma.
According to Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, the department received a report from CSX after a train hit the teen in the area between Blackberry Lane and UT Farm Road around 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
An investigation by the sheriff’s department revealed that the teen, who authorities are not identifying, along with three others were walking along the railroad tracks when the train struck him. He was flown to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga for treatment of his injuries.
According to sheriff’s department spokesman Sgt. Chris Guess, the boy was in custody of a contracted foster care home in Tullahoma.