article_snippet: Tragic end: Timothy Wallace, 9, was struck and killed by a train in rural Tennessee Sunday night after Timothy took off from a relative's home .
article_snippet: A 9-year-old autistic boy from Tennessee was struck and killed by a train Sunday night after Timothy wandered away from a relative's home on Timothy own.
article_snippet: After an hour-long search in heavy rain and dense fog, rescuers came upon the 9-year-old's body along railroad track near Coulterville Road in rural Tennessee.
article_snippet: Investigators later determine that Timothy was struck and killed by a northbound Norfolk Southern train.
article_snippet: The operators of a northbound Norfolk Southern train told sheriff’s deputies
article_snippet: The operators of the train did not know the locomotive had struck a child.
article_snippet: Timothy Wallace grieving mother recalled to the station WRCB that Timothy Wallace’s grieving mother son, who was severely autistic, saw a train for the first time just a couple of days ago and seemed amused by a train.
article_snippet: Heartbreaking find: A worker on a passing train spotted Timothy's body in the brush along the train tracks in Sale Creek .
article_snippet: A worker aboard a passing train spotted Timothy's body in the brush near the tracks at around 11pm and raised the alarm.
highlights_snippet: Timothy Wallace, third-grader from Tennessee, was discovered dead near train tracks in Sale Creek Sunday night .
  
highlights_snippet: Timothy's mother said Timothy had seen a train for the first time just a couple of days prior to tragedy .