WAMEGO, Sept. 21 – A 23-year-old man was injured in a train incident this morning, according to Paul Schliffke, Wamego Police Chief.
In a press release, Schliffke said that at approximately 5:10 a.m., the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s dispatch received notification from Union Pacific Railroad that a train had struck a pedestrian on the tracks located on the south side of 4th Street in Wamego.
First responders from law enforcement, fire and medical responded to find the man injured, but alive, underneath a train car. He was extricated and transported by EMS to a Topeka hospital.
More on this story can be read at the Pott County Times
