Obituary
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Friday, May 7, 1965
WATCHMAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES AS SHIFT ENDS
E. Vincent Brooks,49, of 302 Grove Avenue, died instantly today when run over by a New York Central System work train on the 28th Street crossing in North Charleston.
Brooks worked as a night watchman at the Charleston Sanitary Board garage adjacent to the tracks near the scene of the accident. His hours were 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Patrolmen William C. Stark and Gary W. August said they learned Brooks called a taxi company at 4:15 a.m. and ordered a cab for 5 a.m. to take him home.
The cab arrived across the tracks from the garage and the driver waited for Brooks as the train approached. An unidentified crewman on the diesel locomotive told Stark he saw Brooks running in an attempt to beat the train at the crossing.
"It looked like he either slipped or tripped and fell on the tracks" the report quoted the locomotive crewman.
Brooks' body was severed at the waist by the slow moving train en route from Dickinson to Nitro to switch car.
Brooks, a bachelor, lived alone. His only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Harold A. Lewis of South Charleston.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home. The Rev. Cecil McMillion will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Friday, May 7, 1965
WATCHMAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES AS SHIFT ENDS
E. Vincent Brooks,49, of 302 Grove Avenue, died instantly today when run over by a New York Central System work train on the 28th Street crossing in North Charleston.
Brooks worked as a night watchman at the Charleston Sanitary Board garage adjacent to the tracks near the scene of the accident. His hours were 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Patrolmen William C. Stark and Gary W. August said they learned Brooks called a taxi company at 4:15 a.m. and ordered a cab for 5 a.m. to take him home.
The cab arrived across the tracks from the garage and the driver waited for Brooks as the train approached. An unidentified crewman on the diesel locomotive told Stark he saw Brooks running in an attempt to beat the train at the crossing.
"It looked like he either slipped or tripped and fell on the tracks" the report quoted the locomotive crewman.
Brooks' body was severed at the waist by the slow moving train en route from Dickinson to Nitro to switch car.
Brooks, a bachelor, lived alone. His only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Harold A. Lewis of South Charleston.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home. The Rev. Cecil McMillion will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Obituary
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Friday, May 7, 1965
WATCHMAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES AS SHIFT ENDS
E. Vincent Brooks,49, of 302 Grove Avenue, died instantly today when run over by a New York Central System work train on the 28th Street crossing in North Charleston.
Brooks worked as a night watchman at the Charleston Sanitary Board garage adjacent to the tracks near the scene of the accident. His hours were 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Patrolmen William C. Stark and Gary W. August said they learned Brooks called a taxi company at 4:15 a.m. and ordered a cab for 5 a.m. to take him home.
The cab arrived across the tracks from the garage and the driver waited for Brooks as the train approached. An unidentified crewman on the diesel locomotive told Stark he saw Brooks running in an attempt to beat the train at the crossing.
"It looked like he either slipped or tripped and fell on the tracks" the report quoted the locomotive crewman.
Brooks' body was severed at the waist by the slow moving train en route from Dickinson to Nitro to switch car.
Brooks, a bachelor, lived alone. His only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Harold A. Lewis of South Charleston.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home. The Rev. Cecil McMillion will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
Published: The Charleston Daily Mail, Friday, May 7, 1965
WATCHMAN HIT BY TRAIN DIES AS SHIFT ENDS
E. Vincent Brooks,49, of 302 Grove Avenue, died instantly today when run over by a New York Central System work train on the 28th Street crossing in North Charleston.
Brooks worked as a night watchman at the Charleston Sanitary Board garage adjacent to the tracks near the scene of the accident. His hours were 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Patrolmen William C. Stark and Gary W. August said they learned Brooks called a taxi company at 4:15 a.m. and ordered a cab for 5 a.m. to take him home.
The cab arrived across the tracks from the garage and the driver waited for Brooks as the train approached. An unidentified crewman on the diesel locomotive told Stark he saw Brooks running in an attempt to beat the train at the crossing.
"It looked like he either slipped or tripped and fell on the tracks" the report quoted the locomotive crewman.
Brooks' body was severed at the waist by the slow moving train en route from Dickinson to Nitro to switch car.
Brooks, a bachelor, lived alone. His only survivor is a sister, Mrs. Harold A. Lewis of South Charleston.
The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home. The Rev. Cecil McMillion will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
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