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NE man injured in Council Bluffs train vs. pedestrian accident

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November 5th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department say a Nebraska man suffered non-life threatening injuries Saturday night, after he was struck by a train. Officers responded at around 11:10-p.m. to the 700 block of S. 16th St. for a man down. Upon arrival officers located the victim, 49-year old Andres Galindo, of Omaha, laying under the second car of a backing train.

Galindo was transported by Council Bluffs Fire Department to the University of Nebraska Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

The Council Bluffs Police Department would like to remind citizens to pay attention to all railroad crossings and not to attempt crossing the railroad tracks when the warning arms are down.