Wheelchair malfunction on Puyallup train tracks may have caused man’s death

A witness has offered new information about the wheelchair used by Richie Geiger, 59, before he was struck and killed by a train at a Puyallup railroad crossing on Oct. 21. Diane Drapac said she saw the wheelchair jerking forward rather than rolling smoothly. Geiger’s loved ones had suspected it became stuck while he was crossing the tracks; the cause remains under investigation.