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WELLINGTON, KS – A BNSF railroad worker was critically injured after getting pinned under the wheels of a rail car in Wellington, KS on July 9, 2013. Wellington is located in Sumner County, KS in the southern part of the state about 35 miles south of Wichita near the northern border of Oklahoma.

Map shows location where a BNSF railroad worker was critically injured after getting pinned under the wheels of a rail car just west of Fair St in Wellington, KS on July 9, 2013.

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DESOTO PARISH, LA – LSU Health Science Center officials report that Paul Griffin, a train engineer who worked for the Kanasas City Southern Railway Company (KCS), was shot in the face on Monday evening, December 20, while running his train down tracks in Desoto Parish.

The accident took place on the railroad tracks between Frierson and Wallace Lake Road in DeSoto Parish. Police say Griffin was shot in his lower jaw from about 400 yards away, where Larry Blair, the man who accidently shot the engineer, was reportedly sighting his gun when it went off. ... Read More

WHITEWATER, KS – The driver of a semi truck was killed after colliding with a Union Pacific freight train on Kansas Highway 196 (K-196) near Whitewater, Kansas on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

Semi truck driver killed after colliding with Union Pacific freight train near Whitewater, KS

Whitewater is in Butler County, Kansas in the south-central part of the state about 133 miles southwest of Topeka, about 30 miles northeast of Wichita, about 122 miles southwest of Manhattan and about 50 miles southeast of Hutchinson. ... Read More