One of the Good Samaritans who tried to rescue a man from a wheelchair at a Puyallup railroad crossing last month is providing new clues about why the wheelchair may have stopped.
On Oct. 21, 59-year-old Richie Geiger was hit by a train and killed. Loved ones believed his wheelchair became stuck while he was trying to cross the tracks.
Diane Drapac told KIRO 7 she saw Richie’s wheelchair “jerking forward” instead of rolling smoothly. She alerted her husband, who, along with another man, attempted to push Geiger out of the way as a train approached…