Veteran U.S. Steel worker killed when crushed by train
A 46-year-old U.S. Steel employee was killed last Thursday at the company's Granite City, Ill., plant when a slow-moving cargo train crushed him against the wall of a loading dock, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
David M. Prengel, of Granite City, had worked at the plant for 26 years and been a switchman for four years, according to union authorities.