[ABC13] A man has been hospitalized after he was hit by a train in east Houston.Whoa! That's unusual...
This all happened at around 9:40am. HPD says a caller to 911 said the man was trying to cross the tracks at Lyons near Sakowitz Street when he was hit.
"Yup. There he wuz, justa walkin' across the tracks. Never seen it comin'."
The man was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital by ambulance.
"Okay, Floyd! Load 'im on the stretcher!"
"No! You load him on the stretcher!"
Union Pacific tells Eyewitness News the man had "significant injuries" after the accident.
Hmmm... Hit by a train and had significant injuries? Who'da ever expected that?
The company says the man had trespassed onto the tracks at the Lyons Avenue crossing as the train was traveling southbound from the Englewood Yard to Pasadena.
Could easily have been an Atlanta car or train jumper, if Atlanta still had trains.