Woman hurt while trying to board train in Waterloo

Authorities say a woman was seriously injured while trying to board a train in Waterloo Monday afternoon.

Officers who were sent to the scene, near the intersection of Conger and Reed streets, around 2:30 p.m. Monday found Shvette Grubbs, 46, of Waterloo, alongside the tracks. The train had severed one of Grubbs' legs, but she was talking to paramedics as she was loaded onto a stretcher.

According to authorities, the train was stopped when Grubbs started to climb aboard. The train then began moving, and Grubbs fell underneath.

Grubbs was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital, then airlifted to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. for further treatment.

The incident is being investigated.

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