Crime & Safety
Fast-acting Bystander May Have Saved Pedestrian's Life in Train Accident
A bystander who applied a tourniquet may have saved the life of a man who lost his leg after being hit by a train at the Gilman Street crossing in Berkeley on Monday, a fire department spokesman said.
A quick-acting bystander may have saved the life of pedestrian who lost his leg Monday after being hit by a train in Berkeley, a Berkeley Fire Department spokesman said today, Wednesday.
The man was hit by a train at the Gilman Street railroad crossing Monday morning and "suffered amputation of one of his legs below the knee," said acting Deputy Fire Chief Avery Webb.
"Apparently there was a bystander that applied a tourniquet and possibly saved his life," Webb said. Webb said he didn't know the bystander's identity. The victim was transported to the trauma center at Highland Hospital in Oakland by fire department ambulance, Webb said.
The call about the accident came in about 10:38 a.m., Webb said.
Aaron Hunt, a spokesman for the Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the tracks, said the accident involved a westbound Amtrak train.
Patch has requested information on the accident from Amtrak.
The tracks cross Gilman between Fourth and Second Streets.
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