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Victims of train-car collision identified
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | No comments posted.
CANBY (AP) — Two men who died in a fiery crash with an Amtrak train in view of hundreds of visitors to the Clackamas County Fair & Rodeo have been identified.
They were 33-year-old Neptali Joel Ruiz-Contreras and 32-year-old Arnulfo Ezequel Garcia-Ruiz, both of Woodburn.
Canby Fire District officials said the wreckage was so mangled they couldn’t tell who was the driver and who was the passenger.
The pair had gotten stuck on the railroad tracks along Oregon 99E, which can be confusing for drivers.
A third man trying to push the car free jumped to safety before it was hit by southbound Amtrak Cascades. The car burst into flames and was pushed down the tracks.
No train passengers were injured.
They were 33-year-old Neptali Joel Ruiz-Contreras and 32-year-old Arnulfo Ezequel Garcia-Ruiz, both of Woodburn.
Canby Fire District officials said the wreckage was so mangled they couldn’t tell who was the driver and who was the passenger.
The pair had gotten stuck on the railroad tracks along Oregon 99E, which can be confusing for drivers.
A third man trying to push the car free jumped to safety before it was hit by southbound Amtrak Cascades. The car burst into flames and was pushed down the tracks.
No train passengers were injured.
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