Brothers,
It is with a heavy heart that I bring news to you that one of our Engineers BLET Div 523 member Richard Pendarvis and UTU Conductor Larry Williams were killed in a crossing accident when their train colided with a propane truck. Brother Pendarvis was 52 years old and orignally hired on with Union Pacific in 1999. Brother Williams was 53 and hired on with Union Pacific in 2002.
Please keep the Pendarvis and Williams famlies in your thoughts and prayers.
Below is a link to some news coverage of the incident.
Fraternally,
Gil Gore
. http://www.koco.com/news/17334888/detail.html
