(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on June 1, 2011.)
FORT WORTH, Texas — A railroad foreman lost his legs and left arm after falling between two cars while trying to switch one to another track, according to a BNSF investigation released Wednesday.
As he moved from a side ladder on a rolling car to operate a hand brake, Paul Young of Haslet fell and was run over, the report stated.
The incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. May 23 at a BNSF yard in the 5300 block of Blue Mound Road.
Full story: Fort Worth Star-Telegram