2/28/09
Clovis railroad worker killed in train accident

Posted: Feb 28, 2009 06:31 PM

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A Clovis railroad worker died early Saturday morning in a train accident. 56-year-old Gregory Blevins died around 4:30 a.m. in Yeso, New Mexico. Yeso is located about 180 miles west of Lubbock.

Authorities say a railroad car backed over Blevins after he fell. Blevins worked for Burlington-Northern Santa-Fe for 20-years.

Investigators say he was moving cars off the main track onto a side rail when he fell. The New Mexico State Police spokesman says no one knows what caused Blevins to fall.