(The following report appeared on The Billings Gazette website on April 13.)
BILLINGS, Mont. — A BNSF Railway employee was being treated at St. Vincent Healthcare this week after a train ran over his foot at a rail yard in Forsyth.
Tim Fulton was injured Monday morning during a routine switching operation, according to a railroad spokesman and Rosebud County Sheriff Randy Allies. The incident happened at about 9:30 a.m. Fulton was listed in satisfactory condition Thursday at St. Vincent Healthcare.
BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas would not release the name of the injured railway employee. He said the incident remained under investigation.
Allies confirmed reports that Fulton was injured at the rail yard. Fulton is the former Rosebud County sheriff who announced in January 2006 that he was leaving the agency after serving as sheriff for seven years.