4 Killed As Train Crashes Into Auto KNOXVILLE. Tenn. (AP) A freight train slammed into an automobile on a grade crossing yesterday, killing four young people and bouncing the wreckage across a signal post 500 feet down the track. The dead were identified as Jack Asbury. 21, and Roger Lynch, 19, both of Knoxville; Joanne Prater. 37, Powell, Tenn.: and Nora Hackworth, 18, Clinton, Tenn.