Christopher Ross Hubbard, age 36, died on Sunday morning, October 30, during an accident that occurred as he and the engineer were performing a routine track switch near the town of Artesia, Miss. Hubbard, from Cottondale, Ala., was a conductor on the Alabama Southern train. The accident occurred on a stretch of track owned by Kansas City Southern. The FRA is investigating. Read more here.
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