Member severely injured in switching accident

March 17, 2015

PrintA SMART Transportation Division member working as a conductor for Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central) was crushed by a rail car in a switching accident March 15.

William C. Moses, 42, a 10-year member of the Transportation Division, was seriously injured in the accident that occurred about 3:30 p.m. in Fulton, Kentucky. He is a member of SMART Transportation Local 339 at Jackson, Tenn.

Moses was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he remains in critical condition. He is married and has two children, ages 15 and 5.