Woman rescued from under train on 40-foot bridge in eastern Oklahoma

Woman rescued from under train on 40-foot bridge in eastern Oklahoma

Crews rescued a woman from underneath a train near Vian, on Tuesday afternoon, according to Keith Boshers, town administrator.

Pedestrian survives being pinned beneath train - Sequoyah County Times

When the call goes out in an accident involving a pedestrian and a train, expectations are usually low that the result will not be a fatality. Tuesday was an exception, and is being hailed as “a remarkable day” by the Vian Police Department. After all, as it turned out, a pedestrian was pinned beneath a Union Pacific train on a bridge about 40 feet above Vian Creek, according to VPD, before first responders came to the rescue. First responders a…