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27 July 2015 > > WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is dead after being struck by a train.

Authorities say 30-year-old Eric Korte of Wright City was unconscious while sitting next to Norfolk Southern tracks late Sunday night. A westbound Union Pacific engine struck his hand, causing Korte to sit up, when he was struck by the second train car.

 

The Warren County coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

 

Wonder if the train engineer saw this happen, or perhaps a bystander? Not easy to envision.

 

Alex

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27 July 2015 > > WRIGHT CITY, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is dead after being struck by a train.

Authorities say 30-year-old Eric Korte of Wright City was unconscious while sitting next to Norfolk Southern tracks late Sunday night. A westbound Union Pacific engine struck his hand, causing Korte to sit up, when he was struck by the second train car.

 

The Warren County coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

 

Wonder if the train engineer saw this happen, or perhaps a bystander? Not easy to envision.

 

Alex

Doubtful.  Over 41 years, my father was engineer on numerous trains that hit people.  In nearly every case, he didn't know about it til he received a call on the radio - or got off the train at his destination.  The few times he did, it was due to a car running into the locomotive.   

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