On Saturday, September 21 at about 5:10 AM, Pottawatomie County Sheriff Dispatch received notification from Union Pacific Railroad THAT a train struck a pedestrian on the tracks located on the south side of 4th Street in Wamego.
First responders from law enforcement, fire, and medical responded to find a 23-year-old man injured but alive, underneath a train car. He was extricated and was transported by EMS to a Topeka hospital.
Preliminary investigation indicates the man was lying in a prone position between the rails, about 1000 feet east of Ash Street and was struck by something as the train passed over him.
Wamego Police are investigating the incident.