Name of railroad fatality victim released
ROCK FALLS – Whiteside County sheriff's deputies this morning released the name of a Union Pacific employee who died after a truck struck him during a railroad construction project Wednesday.
Loren Daswood of Red Rock, N.M., was pronounced dead at the scene. Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi did not know Daswood's age or how long he had been in the area.
Union Pacific is investigating the accident. Wilhelmi said he also contacted the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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