Monday, July 14, 2014

BNSF Railway employee killed in KCK

KANSAS CITY, KAN. ---- An employee from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway was killed Monday morning in Kansas City, Kan.

According to the Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department, the employee fell into a train car full of grain. The train car was located at Interstate 635 and Kansas Avenue.

Rescue crews arrived on the scene, but the man had already sunk to the bottom of the train car.

The identity of the worker has not been released.