HOUSTON - A 60-year-old man was struck by a slow-moving train as he walked home from work, and then a car slammed into the ambulance that was to take him to the hospital. The man escaped both accidents with minor injuries.
Donnie Mack Hall was treated at a hospital for cuts, bruises and a broken finger and released.
Officials said Hall, part of a work crew at Reliant Stadium, was heading home Wednesday when he walked into the path of a light rail train traveling about 20 mph. Metrorail officials said the train knocked him about 10 feet.
Metrorail spokesman Ken Connaughton said Hall was supposed to be wearing two hearing aids, but had only one.
"He heard the train trying to warn him. ... He was disoriented and thought the train was coming from the other direction," Connaughton said.
As Hall was being loaded into an ambulance, a car slammed in the vehicle. Another ambulance later took Hall to the hospital where he was treated.
There were no reports of serious injury to the paramedics or the four passengers in the car, officials said.
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Donnie Mack Hall was treated at a hospital for cuts, bruises and a broken finger and released.
Officials said Hall, part of a work crew at Reliant Stadium, was heading home Wednesday when he walked into the path of a light rail train traveling about 20 mph. Metrorail officials said the train knocked him about 10 feet.
Metrorail spokesman Ken Connaughton said Hall was supposed to be wearing two hearing aids, but had only one.
"He heard the train trying to warn him. ... He was disoriented and thought the train was coming from the other direction," Connaughton said.
As Hall was being loaded into an ambulance, a car slammed in the vehicle. Another ambulance later took Hall to the hospital where he was treated.
There were no reports of serious injury to the paramedics or the four passengers in the car, officials said.
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