Hager Hill man dies of injuries after being hit by train

By Lilly Adkins

BSN Associate Editor

PAINTSVILLE — A man was hit by a CSX train near Hager Hill Friday and was initially transported by ambulance to Paintsville ARH Hospital, according to Johnson County Deputy Coroner Harry Frisby.

Frisby said the coroner’s office wasn’t notified right away and that he only knew that the victim had been pronounced dead at a hospital.

Robbie Dwayne Shepherd, 41, of Hager Hill, died on Saturday at Pikeville, according to his obituary.

Johnson County Sheriff Doug Saylor said his office did respond to the scene and that the investigation is being handled by the railroad law enforcement.

“Apparently, he was walking along the tracks,” Saylor said. “No vehicle.”

Additional information regarding the incident wasn’t available at press time.

Shepherd is survived by his parents, Gary Shepherd of Hudson, Ind., and Patricia Johnson Spradlin and the late Phillip Spradlin; two sons, Tristen Lee Shepherd and Channing Douglas Shepherd, both of Tram; a daughter: Paisley Brooke Shepherd of Tram; and seven sisters, Juelinia Edwards of Martin, Rachael Lafferty of Prestonsburg, Angel Spradlin of Wisconsin, Megan Spradlin of Allen, Santana Spradlin of Georgetown, Heather Milliman of Hudson, Ind., and Ashley Arnett of Hudson, Ind.

Funeral services will be today (Wednesday), Dec. 7, at noon at Nelson Frazier Funeral Home in Martin, with burial in Salyers Cemetery at Hueysville.