Overview
- Officials say the collision happened around 2 p.m. Monday as the attraction rounded a corner inside Hermann Park in Houston.
- The operator reported seeing a man who had been sitting on the tracks stand up but was unable to stop in time.
- Police said the train rolled over the man’s legs, resulting in serious lower-body injuries.
- Houston Fire Department crews stabilized and lifted the train with spreaders and cribbing to extricate the victim.
- The man was transported to Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center, and authorities have not released his identity, further condition details, or whether the incident is under investigation.