LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — An Amtrak employee killed last month was clearing snow from a railroad switch when a train hit him, according to a safety bulletin from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
During the Feb. 23 incident, Jeremy Charles, 39, of Holtwood, was using a backpack blower to clear the snow from tracks near Greenfield Road in East Lampeter Township, the FRA said. He and a group of maintenance workers were using a system called train approach warning, where a designated person alerts others to leave the track at least 15 seconds before a train moving at maximum speed can pass their location.
Charles had four and a half years of experience with Amtrak.
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