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Chilliwack woman hailed a ‘hero’ in train-rescue attempt could lose home

Train victim amps up pressure on CN to settle given intolerable pain after 2018 fatal train accident
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Julie Callaghan’s right hand was partially amputated after she was hit by a train while trying to help a man whose wheelchair was stuck on the tracks in Chilliwack in 2018. She is pictured in her home on Jan. 10, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

A Chilliwack woman who suffered devastating injuries trying to save a man from being hit by a train is about to lose her home.

Julie Callaghan remembers stopping at the Broadway Street rail crossing on May 26, 2018 on her way to a dinner event.

She spotted Matthew Jarvis in his motorized wheelchair, rocking back and forth in an effort to free the back wheels from where they got stuck in the tracks.

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Jennifer Feinberg

About the Author: Jennifer Feinberg

I have been a Chilliwack Progress reporter for 20+ years, covering the arts, city hall, as well as Indigenous, and climate change stories.
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