Credit: Graham Scher | R&J Broadcasting Inc.WARROAD, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – About a half-dozen homes were evacuated after a train derailment north of Warroad on Saturday morning.Warroad Fire Chief Damien McMillin says they were notified about the derailment just before 5 a.m. on March 28.Law enforcement went door-to-door to evacuate people in 6-7 homes as a precaution.The evacuation zone was from…
OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MN (KVRR) – A 67-year-old man from Henning, Minnesota, has luckily only suffered minor injuries after his tractor was struck by a train northwest of the city. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says that just before 2 A.M. on November 13, the man was driving his tractor, headed east on 290th Street. As he approached the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo woman had to be freed from her vehicle after colliding with a BNSF train. A slow-moving vehicle crashed into a rail car at 15th Avenue North and Highway 75 North in Moorhead. The crash was located just west of the Centennial Softball Complex. Police say it happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. The driver, an…
AYR, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating a crash between a semi hauling gravel and a train. It happened Saturday morning just northwest of Ayr. The patrol says a 36-year-old man driving the semi was headed east on Cass County 4 and did not see the crossing arms. Visibility was near-zero at the time due to dense…
BUXTON, N.D. (KVRR) — A GoFundMe has been started to raise money for a new vehicle for an 18-year-old from Buxton, North Dakota who crashed into a moving train. Classmates and friends started the fundraiser for Jack Knudsvig, a senior from Central Valley. They say he is stable in the ICU with a long road ahead following last week’s crash…
BUXTON, N.D. (KVRR) — An 18-year-old Buxton, North Dakota teen is in a Fargo hospital after crashing into a moving train. It happened about one mile north of Buxton just before 8 a.m. Highway Patrol says the teen struck the second engine of the train and his vehicle was dragged about 50 feet down the tracks. He suffered severe injuries…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man was injured after being hit by a train near Moorhead Center Mall shortly before 1:30 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived, the train was stopped. Police say the man was lying near the tracks in an area not approved for people to be in. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance with injuries to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo police identify the woman who was killed when she was hit by a train early Sunday. She is 59-year old Kimberly Jo Reger of Fargo. Police say it happened on the tracks between Roberts Street and Broadway after 3:30 a.m. The train’s conductor says they tried applying the emergency brakes when they saw the woman…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A woman is dead after getting hit by a train in Downtown Fargo early this morning. Fargo Police say it happened on the tracks between Roberts Street and Broadway after 3:30 a.m. The train’s conductor says they tried applying the emergency brakes when they saw the woman sitting on the tracks. The train was unable to…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is dead after a train dragged his car for a mile in Grand Forks County. The crash happened around 9 o’clock Wednesday night about 5 miles northwest of Manvel. Authorities say 79-year-old James Enlow of Manvel hit a rail car that was going southbound. The train drug the car about a mile…
