BOULDER, Colo.—A Boulder man has been airlifted to a Denver hospital after he was struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train.
Boulder police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley says the man appeared to have been under the influence of unknown substances when he passed out along a set of tracks in Boulder early Monday.
A BNSF conductor nearing the area shortly after midnight saw an object on the tracks and sounded the horn. The conductor activated emergency brakes after realizing the object was a human, but could not stop the nearly 6,600-foot train before hitting him.
He was taken to Boulder Community Hospital, then flown to St. Anthony’s Central Hospital in Denver with a severe leg injury.
Huntley says the man is expected to survive.
His name has not been released.
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Information from: Daily Camera,
