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Below is a news posting about a train accident that occured early this morning that David Plummer was involved in. I have referred to David Plummer in a previous post about how his family has meant so much to mine. He is my friend Tami's father. He is the one that they are referring to when they talked about having to pull one guy from the engine who had been there for about an hour. (He works for the railroad as an engineer driving the trains.)

He went through a pretty gruesome surgery today to fix both of his broken legs which involved a rod in one of his legs from his hip to his knee, several pins/nails, a plate in his ankle, and opening of his knee cap (it had split and twisted). He will probably be in a wheel chair for 2-3 months. Please keep this family in your prayers, as his wife Sharon is still recovering from the stroke that she had a year ago today as well.

2 Injured, Thousands Of Gallons Spilled In Train Collision
Neighbors Awakened By Noise From Wreck
POSTED: 3:33 pm EST January 6, 2008
UPDATED: 3:39 pm EST January 6, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS -- A freight train accident involving a 100-car CSX train derailed 35 cars and injured two people on Indianapolis' west side early Sunday morning.
Wayne Township fire Capt. Troy Wymer said the accident happened at about 3:30 a.m. between High School Road and Girls School Road when 112 cars were released accidentally from the CSX yard in Avon. They then headed east on the tracks and collided with the 100-car train, which was bound for Avon from Buffalo, N.Y.

Wymer said rescue workers had to pull a CSX employee from the wreckage of the Avon-bound train. That man was trapped for about an hour.

"I heard some sawing and then I heard this young gentleman screaming at the top of his lungs back there, and I watched them pull him out," said Barbara Graham.

Medics rushed that employee and another person to Methodist Hospital in serious condition.

There was no update on their conditions Sunday afternoon.

About 3,500 gallons of diesel fuel and 2,000 gallons of soybean oil were spilled. No residents were in danger.

Numerous train cars were left crumpled together in the wake of the collision.

"I could see … things going up in the air and it sounded like the train derailed," said Doug Resendez, who called 911 right after the collision happened. "I could see all the cars piling up."

The train wreck awakened residents who live near the tracks.

"My house was shaking. You could feel that something was going on," said Anita Cook.

"We heard this loud noise and immediately said, 'Yeah, I'm sure it's the train tracks,'" said Peggy Ticen.

Fire officials said that cleaning up the mess could take several days.