A Norfolk Southern train conductor was killed after being struck by a dump truck at an Ohio steel facility early Tuesday morning, the company says.
On Tuesday, Louis Shuster, 46, was at the Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. steel facility around 1:30 a.m. when a truck with a load of limestone"collided with the front left side of the first train car," a Cleveland Police spokesperson said. Shuster was outside the train when he was struck and later pronounced dead at the scene.
The company says it's investigating the incident with the Cleveland Police Department as well as the facility and has been in touch with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
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