Ash Grove’s Roudybush struck, killed by train in town

Ash Grove Police Department reports death of local, occurred early Monday morning
According to a news release  distributed on Monday afternoon by the Ash Grove Police Department, Shane Roudybush, 39, of Ash Grove was killed early in the morning of Monday, Oct. 23, after being hit by a train.
“The Ash Grove Police Department and Ash Grove Fire Protection District were dispatched to BNSF Railroad Crossing on Callhoun St. earlier this morning,” the press release stated. “There was a report of a person lying alongside the railroad tracks. While searching the tracks, officers found a deceased person east of the Calhoun Street crossing, identified as 39-year-old Shane Roudybush of Ash Grove. Preliminary investigation indicates Mr. Roudybush was walking or standing along the railroad tracks and was struck by a westbound train earlier in the morning.
This is an ongoing investigation, and the department asks that anyone with any knowledge of the incident please get in touch with the Ash Grove Police Department at 417-751-2333.”
Next of kin has been notified and the police department requests no one attempt to approach the incident area as train traffic has resumed on the tracks.
Roudybush was last in the Greene County Commonwealth in 2021 when he was arrested for allegedly attacking two people in their home, one a paraplegic individual. Prior to that, in 2020, he was arrested following a foot pursuit with the Ash Grove Police Department after a dust up at Pennington’s Supermarket and a warrant issued for his arrest.