Man, 20, Survives Getting Run Over By Train In Ann Arbor: Officials

ANN ARBOR, MI — A man is recovering after he was run over by a train Monday night in Ann Arbor, according to fire officials.

Officials said the 20-year-old man was sleeping on the railroad tracks between Huron and Miller at 9:40 p.m. when he was run over by the train.

The train was moving very slowly and was able to stop within a short distance, but the man's left hand got entangled in the rear axle of a locomotive, according to officials.

Officials said his hand was pinned between the wheel, the axle and the train.

After trying to free the man's hand from the train for an hour, officials called for a medical flight crew and a University of Michigan surgical team to prepare for a possible amputation in the field.

After nearly two hours, firefighters extricated the man's hand and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, officials said.

Officials said the man's hand injury was the only major physical trauma he suffered.

"Due to the patient’s location combined with strength of the metal of this part of the locomotive, extrication efforts were incredibly challenging," officials said in a social media post. "This was a once in career incident for those involved. Normally, person versus train incidents are fatal. This was a true team effort."

No other details were released.