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Tragic Train Strike Kills Couple at West Virginia Yard
Lawrence Pletzer 52 and his wife were fatally struck by a switch engine while walking along a spur near a railroad yard in Kilnsburg West Virginia. The engine moved cars into a main line at a quarry location and did not stop. A brakeman found the couple. Pietuer Pletzer died at the scene, his wife soon after.
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Startnsburg
W. Va
Lawrence Pletzer
Pieter Wes School
Rey Afasan
Pietuer