CHICAGO — The severed leg of a 69-year-old man killed with his wife when their van was struck by a freight train in Mississippi was found 700 miles away near Chicago, a wire service reports.
Max Twiner and his wife Virginia, 68, died on Monday when their van was crushed by a Canadian National Railroad train at a rail crossing near Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Max’s leg — with the boot still on — was discovered caught up in one of the train cars upon its arrival in Harvey, Ill., on Tuesday.
“It is a catastrophic collision when a train hits a vehicle,” railroad spokesman Ian Thomson said, explaining the dismemberment.
The accident is under investigation, authorities said.