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Railroad worker dies when hit by locomotive


2/9/2009
ERIN MATHEWS



HERINGTON — A 26-year-old Union Pacific Railroad conductor was killed early Sunday when he was struck by a train.
Saxton L. Haselwood, Burden, was killed shortly after 3 a.m. when he was run over by a train in the Herington railyard, according to a statement released by the Herington Police Department.
The accident remains under investigation by the Herington and Union Pacific Railroad police.
Haselwood was pronounced dead at the scene, and his body was taken to Topeka for an autopsy, the statement said.




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