Man Survives Being Hit by Car and Train

A transient survived getting hit by a car and then eight hours later a train in the Boulder.  According to the press release, Boulder Police have learned that the victim of a train accident that occurred this morning at 4:45 a.m. was also the victim of a reported hit-and-run accident at Folsom Street and Canyon Boulevard at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

 

Robert Evans, a 46-year-old transient, has told investigators that he had been released from the hospital at 3 a.m. this morning after being treated for injuries from the previous night's incident. He was attempting to get to his campsite and decided to try to beat the train across a narrow railway bridge that spans the creek in the 4700 block between Valmont Road and Pearl Street. He was hit by the railing of a stairway on the side of the locomotive and fell 10 feet into the water below.  He was pulled from the creek and taken to Boulder Community Hospital to be treated.

 

He faces a ticket of trespassing in connection with the train accident. Boulder Police are continuing to investigate the reported hit and run accident from the previous night.