Train severs boy’s leg in Washougal

A 15-year-old boy’s leg was severed Wednesday evening when he was struck by a train in Washougal.

Camas-Washougal Fire Department firefighter-paramedic Eric Bridges said officials weren’t sure what happened, but at some point while the boy was attempting to get from one side of the tracks near George Schmid Memorial Park to another, he was hurt.