By Associated Press - Thursday, March 29, 2018

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police have identified a worker killed in a northwestern Iowa transportation hub accident.

The Sioux City Journal reports that police say 42-year-old Brian McCormick, of Sioux City, died in the Wednesday accident at Big Soo Terminal.

Big Soo general manager Kevin Knepper says McCormick was a warehouseman and maintenance technician who had been working for Big Soo about eight months. Knepper would not comment on the circumstances surrounding the accident. A news release said the accident involved a “switching operation with train cars,” in which McCormick was struck and killed by an unmanned car.

The death remains under investigation.

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Information from: Sioux City Journal, http://www.siouxcityjournal.com

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