Railroad Worker Fatally Crushed Between Two Rail Cars

RACELAND, Ky. (AP) - A 52-year-old railroad worker was fatally crushed between two rail cars in eastern Kentucky yesterday morning.

William Worsham was pinned between two cars during a routine switching movement at a CSX rail yard.

A company spokesman says Worsham died at the scene. He was on the end of a moving locomotive when it hit a parked rail car. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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