Iraq veteran among three rail workers killed by train

Man killed by train was local graduate, served in Iraq

By Dan Tilkin KATU News and KATU.com Staff

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The youngest of the rail workers who died Wednesday, when the SUV he was riding in was hit by a train, took great pride in training to be a train conductor with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

Christopher Loehr, 28, graduated from Skyview High School in Vancouver about 10 years ago and also took pride in his physical fitness. His aunt, Cindy Ohm, said he went into the army and served two tours in Iraq doing dangerous patrols with the 7th Cavalry. In January, he landed a job with the railroad and moved to the Seattle area.

Also killed, 58-year-old engineer Tom Kenny, a 22-year veteran out of Seattle, and the driver of the van, 60-year-old Steven Sebastian of Castle Rock. Dwight Leonard Hauck of Auburn, Wash. survived and is in critical condition at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

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