A man who firefighters believed stowed away on a freight train in Eagle Pass had to be rescued once he arrived in San Antonio.
San Antonio firefighters say a man who had spent more than 12 hours trapped inside a freight train car on the city’s Southwest side had secretly boarded the train in Eagle Pass.– San Antonio firefighters say a man who had spent more than 12 hours trapped inside a freight train car on the city’s Southwest side had secretly boarded the train in Eagle Pass.
Fire crews first found out about him after they responded to a call early Tuesday morning at a Union Pacific rail yard near the 1700 block of Quintana Road. “The rail guy, this morning, about 4:45 or so had heard him screaming and crying inside. So they started investigating,” said Battalion Chief Russell Johnson with SAFD.Johnson says his crews noticed the man inside a small crawl space within the train car, trapped by huge metal coils that had come crashing down on him. He said each of the coils weighs about 4,000 pounds.