Train Collision

Train Hits Pickup On Tracks In Moorhead, Driver Charged With DWI

The train hit a truck witnesses said slid under the crossing arms onto the tracks.

Moorhead, Minn. (KVRR-TV) – Police arrest a Moorhead man for DWI after a train crashed into his truck on the tracks. The crash happened just after 4:50 Friday afternoon at 11th Street North and 1st Avenue North. Officers found a truck with significant damage to the driver’s side. The driver, 35-year-old Cody Polipnick was the only person in the truck….

Otter Tail County man dies in crash with freight train

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) – An Otter Tail County man was killed when the pickup he was driving collided with a Canadian Pacific train. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened around 8:48 a.m. Thursday at a railroad crossing southeast of Ottertail City. The 60-year-old man was from the Ottertail city area. He was the only person…

Driver Dodges Injury after Train Collides with His Trailer Outside Casselton

The driver was issued a citation for care required

CASSELTON, N.D. — A pickup driver wasn’t hurt after a train hit his trailer two miles east of Casselton. Around 8:45 this morning, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Casselton Fire Department and rural EMS responded to the scene. While the driver wasn’t hurt, he was issued a citation for care required. The BNSF train was heading westbound when the driver was…