Man hit by freight train, walks away
Authorities say a Kansas man who was walking along railroad tracks wearing headphones was hit by a train that he didn't hear approaching behind him — but that he got back up and kept walking.
Shawnee County Sheriff Herman Jones says the BNSF conductor slowed down the train and blew the horn when he saw 25-year-old Kristopher Wenberg on the tracks in Topeka on Thursday.
Wenberg told deputies he couldn't hear the train, which eventually hit him. Jones says Wenberg promptly got back up and called someone on his cellphone as he walked away. He went to a hospital with cuts on his legs and shoulder.
Wenberg is a father-of-one and a Unit Supply specialist for the US Army. His family told ABC he spent a night in hospital for observation but was released in the morning.
It is against the law to walk on train tracks and police intend to charge Wenburg with criminal trespass.
