DENT, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a train struck an unoccupied pickup near Dent Friday night. Around 11:45, Canadian Pacific Railroad employees called the dispatch center to report the collision. Investigators contacted the owner and confirmed there were no injuries. There was no damage to the train or tracks, but the sheriff’s office…
MOUNTRAIL, N.D. (KVRR) — A 14-year-old male from White Earth, North Dakota is dead after his vehicle was hit by a train. The crash in Mountrail County happened Wednesday afternoon just before 4 at 66th Street Northwest. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the teen failed to yield at the intersection, drove through the crossing and was hit by a BNSF…
OTTERTAIL, Minn. – Sheriff’s officials says the pickup driver who was killed in a collision with a freight train in Otter Tail County was a local man. Sixty-year-old Joseph Lyle Mack, from Ottertail, died Thursday morning at a crossing southeast of the city. The pickup was struck on the passenger side by a northbound Canadian Pacific train. Mack was dead…
COON RAPIDS, Minn.–Authorities say an adult and a child escaped from their car just before it was hit by a freight train and caught fire in Coon Rapids. Fire officials say the car got stuck on railroad tracks late Saturday. The driver saw the approaching train and made it out of the vehicle with the child. Firefighters kept the train…
