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59-Year-Old Man In Wheelchair Dead After Freight Train Crash In Puyallup
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 21, 2:47 PM PDT
updated Oct 22, 7:40 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by KIRO 7 (CBS), KCPQ (FOX 13 Seattle) and KING 5 (NBC), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A man in a wheelchair died after being struck by a train in Puyallup, WA, following attempts by witnesses and a Good Samaritan to free him from the tracks, according to KCPQ, KING 5, and KIRO 7.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 5, Oct 22, 8:26 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Witnesses recount heroic attempts to save man whose wheelchair got stuck on Puyallup train tracks · KIRO 7 (CBS)
- Good Samaritan tries to free wheelchair user from tracks before fatal Puyallup train collision · KING 5 (NBC)
- Man in wheelchair struck, killed by train in Puyallup, WA · KCPQ (FOX 13 Seattle)
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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