BLUFORD – A Bluford man died after the pickup he was driving was hit by a train in the area of East Short Street and North Burke Street in Bluford around 2:20 Friday morning.

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found the crash site at the railroad crossing on North Markham Lane in Bluford.

The Jefferson County Coroner pronounced the driver, 40-year-old Robert G. Duncan of Bluford, dead.

Preliminary evidence revealed the crash took place at the railroad crossing at Dove Lane in Bluford. The pickup was dragged by the train to its final resting place at the North Markham Lane crossing.

The circumstances surrounding the crash are still under investigation.