Deadly week in SW Virginia

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Roscoe P. Coaltrain

Roscoe P. Coaltrain

Hot pursuit in Hazzard Co
There have been a rash of odd accidents this past week in Southwest Virginia that have taken the lives of employees affiliated with the railroads.


On Dec 5, an NS MOW employee was killed when his low-boy tractor trailer was struck by an NS train in Glade Springs VA. He was dropping off MOW equipment in Glade Springs.

http://www.wcyb.com/news/Train-cras...yee/-/14590844/17684566/-/qc340u/-/index.html



On Dec 10, a crew van driver was killed near St Charles VA when a CSX coal load derailed and crushed his taxi

http://www.wcyb.com/news/One-dead-after-railroad-accident/-/14590844/17715552/-/3bhin1z/-/index.html
 
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