Update: One dead in crash involving train and combine near Page, North Dakota
PAGE, N.D. (KVRR) – Authorities are investigating a fatal crash involving a train and a combine near Page, North Dakota.
Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says one person died in the crash west of Page.
The male victim driving the combine is 33-years-old from Colgate, North Dakota.
The conductor and engineer were not injured.
The BNSF train and combine collided on 133rd Avenue Southeast just before 11 a.m.
The collision caused approximately 20 train cars to derail and send cargo into field areas along the railroad tracks.
133rd Avenue Southeast will be closed north and south of the tracks for 34-48 hours.
The crash remains under investigation by North Dakota Highway Patrol.
