An Ulster man, 21-year-old Nick Ogden, was struck by a CSX train this weekend, and lost his right arm and leg. Ogden was found severely injured but conscious near the CSX railroad tracks around 7am on Saturday morning.
By Sunday, the Daily Freeman reports, Ogden was conscious and speaking:
Grace Ogden said her son, Nick, remained hospitalized Sunday afternoon but had his breathing tube removed.
“He’s alert and talking,” Ogden said. She said, though, she had not been able to speak to her son as of Sunday afternoon but was on her way to see him.
The Freeman notes that Nick Ogden was found near the Ulster Hose Fire Company 5 station, where his brother Sean Ogden is a volunteer firefighter. Police still do not know which train struck the man, or how long he lay injured before being found near the tracks.
Serious accidents are an all-too-common event on local CSX tracks. Over the past five years, there has been at least one death a year on a CSX track in Ulster County.
