LONGVIEW — A bicyclist is awake and alert after being critically injured when he was struck and caught under a freight train earlier this week.
Cowlitz County resident Rudy Newton, 56, of Kelso was in satisfactory condition after being found under the train by railroad employees around 11:00pm Tuesday. However, Newton told authorities he was not struck by the train.
Authorities say, prior to being transported to the hospital, he denied even being hit by a train, saying he had no idea why he was laying on the tracks under a train.