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February 26, 2003
JACKSONVILLE -- A man riding the rails awoke Tuesday to find himself nearly buried in a pile of crushed limestone.
Workers at Conrad Yelvington Distributors had unloaded about 30 rail cars when they heard screams, said Jacksonville Fire Rescue spokesman Tom Francis.
He said workers looked down on the pile and saw a man buried up to his neck.
About 45 rescue workers used buckets to carefully move away the rocks to reach the man, whose identity wasn't made public.
He was taken to a hospital to be checked, although he had no visible injuries, Francis said.
The man had been sleeping in a hopper car on top of the crushed rock when the load was dumped from the bottom, Francis said.