Head injury reported as man falls from slow-moving train in Rochelle

ROCHELLE, Ill. (WTVO) — A man has been hospitalized after police in Rochelle found him suffering from a head injury after falling while trying to climb onto a Union Pacific train.

According to the Rochelle Police Department, investigators determined that the train was either stopped or moving slowly when the man attempted to climb over it, but fell.

Police were called to the scene at the railroad crossing on Lincoln Hwy around 9:10 p.m. Authorities found the man lying beside the train tracks, unconscious but still breathing.

He was transported to a local hospital and later flown to Rockford, where he is in stable condition, police said.

Police from Rochelle and Union Pacific continue to investigate the incident.