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By | The New Mexican and wire services
12/9/20Local news in brief Dec. 10
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Nevada man hit by Amtrak train
PREWITT — A 49 -year- old Nevada man who got out of his car while stuck in traffic Tuesday was hit by Amtrak's Southwest Chief passenger train, a state police spokesman said.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson said Nathaniel DeBoles of Las Vegas, Nev., was being airlifted to University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. A hospital spokeswoman said DeBoles was in critical condition late Tuesday.
DeBoles got out of the vehicle when wintery weather caused a traffic backup about 10:15 a.m. on an Interstate 40 frontage road, Olson said.
Witnesses say he crossed the tracks, then a freight train passed westbound and the Amtrak train passed eastbound. The witnesses said the eastbound train then stopped, Olson said.
Other people in the vehicle became concerned when DeBoles didn't return and found him by the track with severe injuries to the left side of his body, Olson said.
Janet Bridgers of Albuquerque, a passenger on Amtrak returning from California, said the train remained stopped at the scene east of Gallup for about two hours before continuing to Albuquerque








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