This sad news was reported yesterday; our prayers go out to his family and co-workers.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. —A Norfolk Southern worker has been killed after he was trapped in a mudslide while checking track conditions in the North Carolina mountains.
Norfolk Southern spokesman Robin Chapman says 33-year-old Joseph Drewnoski and a colleague were inspecting the rails near Black Mountain after a mudslide around 2 a.m. Monday when a second mudslide knocked their special truck with rail wheels off the track.
Authorities say Drewnoski was outside the truck was buried and killed. The employee who was still in the truck called for help and was rescued.
Chapman says the dead worker's body was recovered about five hours later. Drewnoski was an assistant foreman and had been with Norfolk Southern for eight years.
Up to 5 inches of rain has fallen in the mountains over the weekend.
