By Katie Langford

The Denver Post

DENVER — A Denver rail worker’s leg had to be amputated after he was trapped by a derailed train car in the BNSF Globeville Yard early Tuesday morning.

Rescue crews responded to the yard at 3700 Globeville Road at 12:13 a.m. and were able to free the trapped man. He was taken to the hospital with severe injuries to his right leg, according to the Denver Fire Department.

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The man’s right leg was amputated after he was rushed into surgery, said Carl Smith, the safety and legislative director for the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ union.

Smith said this and other recent incidents — including a derailment that killed a truck driver near Pueblo in 2023 and a Globevi

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