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NS worker's foot severed by train <br />(The following story by Terri Sanginiti appeared on The (Delaware) News Journal website on April 13.) <br /> <br />WILMINGTON, Del. -- A 44-year-old railroad worker slipped on tracks in Wilmington's rail yards Tuesday morning, and a train severed one of his feet and badly injured the other. <br /> <br />Wilmington police spokesman Master Sgt. William Wells said the man, who lives in Richlandtown, Pa., near Allentown, told officers that a Norfolk Southern train rain over the brakeman's feet about 7 a.m. in the 1200 block of Railcar Ave. <br /> <br />Wells said the man, whom he declined to identify, works for Norfolk Southern. Company spokesman Rudy Husband said the brakeman was working with a yard crew at the Edgemoor yards. <br /> <br />"He was working in the yard tying a hand brake on a rail car," Husband said. "The next thing, he was on the radio saying he was in trouble." <br /> <br />New Castle County paramedics spokeswoman Cpl. Kelli Starr-Leach said paramedics treated the brakeman at the rail yard for a complete amputation of his left foot and a partial amputation of his right foot, which was crushed. <br /> <br />He was admitted to Christiana Hospital in serious condition. <br /> <br /> <br />Wednesday, April 13, 2005 <br /> <br />From BLE Site <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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