Posted by (+12108) 9 years ago
We were always warned about this as kids. We were to never, ever to cross the river on a railroad bridge. I had some vague idea that a kid in Miles City had once been hit by a train crossing a bridge. I just found the story in Star.
His father was commander at the Radar Base. He and a buddy were walking across the Milwaukee bridge after fishing when the eastbound passenger train caught up with them. The one kid was a little way ahead and got off. The other kid, 13-year-old Arthur Jehli, was struck and killed.
It wasn't just a story parents told us as a warning. For some reason, I find that very sad, even 50 years after the fact.
His father was commander at the Radar Base. He and a buddy were walking across the Milwaukee bridge after fishing when the eastbound passenger train caught up with them. The one kid was a little way ahead and got off. The other kid, 13-year-old Arthur Jehli, was struck and killed.
It wasn't just a story parents told us as a warning. For some reason, I find that very sad, even 50 years after the fact.