Train crash victim was retired Catoosa deputy and current courthouse bailiff

RINGGOLD (WDEF) – Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk confirms that the man who was killed Tuesday in a train collision was a retired deputy.

Robert Patrick Ingram was currently working as a court bailiff in Catoosa County.

State troopers say he was waiting waiting behind a long line of cars turning on Graysville Road, when he pulled around them and the crossing arms to beat the train.

But he didn’t make it.

The train pushed Ingram’s car more than 1,400 feet before coming to a stop.

The Sheriff’s department says “please keep his family and friends in your prayers as we mourn the loss of a dear friend.”