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I thought it was "finder's keepers"?
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linky for the Chicago Sun Times article.
Reposted here (without their permission):
The discovery was horrifying: A human leg was spotted tangled in the rigging of an Illinois Central-Canadian National RR train in the south suburbs.
Stranger still was where it came from: about 700 miles away, in Mississippi. A little detective work traced the leg to Max Twiner, 69, who was killed with his wife, Virginia, 68, when the train struck their van Monday.
On Wednesday, authorities arranged to fly the leg back to Mississippi on Delta Air Lines for the couple's funeral today. Twiner, founder of Twiner Brothers Plumbing Inc., and his wife were well-known in Yazoo County, said Yazoo County Chief Medical Examiner Ricky Shivers.
A railroad worker made the macabre discovery at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after the New Orleans-to-Chicago train pulled into a Harvey rail yard. The limb--attached to a lace-up work boot--was on one of the train's 11 cars. Because the railroad knew the train car was involved in the Monday wreck, authorities here e-mailed a photo of the boot to the Yazoo County medical examiner. It matched the boot on Max Twiner's body in Mississippi, Shivers said.
The Twiners were returning from a doctor's appointment in Jackson, Miss., Shivers said. They were about 35 yards from the entrance to their home on Old Highway 3 south of Yazoo City when they tried to cross the tracks in their Ford Econoline van, he said. There are a stop sign and warning lights at the crossing, but no gates, officials said.
BY FRANK MAIN STAFF REPORTER
:disgust:
linky for the Chicago Sun Times article.
Reposted here (without their permission):
The discovery was horrifying: A human leg was spotted tangled in the rigging of an Illinois Central-Canadian National RR train in the south suburbs.
Stranger still was where it came from: about 700 miles away, in Mississippi. A little detective work traced the leg to Max Twiner, 69, who was killed with his wife, Virginia, 68, when the train struck their van Monday.
On Wednesday, authorities arranged to fly the leg back to Mississippi on Delta Air Lines for the couple's funeral today. Twiner, founder of Twiner Brothers Plumbing Inc., and his wife were well-known in Yazoo County, said Yazoo County Chief Medical Examiner Ricky Shivers.
A railroad worker made the macabre discovery at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday after the New Orleans-to-Chicago train pulled into a Harvey rail yard. The limb--attached to a lace-up work boot--was on one of the train's 11 cars. Because the railroad knew the train car was involved in the Monday wreck, authorities here e-mailed a photo of the boot to the Yazoo County medical examiner. It matched the boot on Max Twiner's body in Mississippi, Shivers said.
The Twiners were returning from a doctor's appointment in Jackson, Miss., Shivers said. They were about 35 yards from the entrance to their home on Old Highway 3 south of Yazoo City when they tried to cross the tracks in their Ford Econoline van, he said. There are a stop sign and warning lights at the crossing, but no gates, officials said.
BY FRANK MAIN STAFF REPORTER
