HANKINSON, N.D. (KVRR) — A Hankinson, North Dakota man escapes injury after his vehicle slides into the path of an oncoming Canadian Pacific train. It happened on the afternoon of Christmas Eve at 91st Street and 166 1/2 Avenue in Hankinson. 67-year-old Dean Prochnow was not hurt but his Chevy Silverado is considered a total loss. The crash remains under…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A 31-year-old woman was critically injured after being hit by a train early Sunday morning. It happened in the 500 block of North Broadway in downtown Fargo at about 3:45 a.m. Witnesses said the railroad’s crossing arms were working. Amtrak reported the emergency tone sounded and the train used manual air brakes to stop. It is…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man was struck and killed by a train in downtown Fargo Friday morning. Police responded to the train crossing in the 400 block of Broadway at around 12:30 am after BNSF train operators notified authorities that a person was hit on the tracks by the eastbound train. The victim was dead at the scene. Categories: Local…
DETROIT (AP) — Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blame each other for a work stoppage that has halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than three thousand CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after negotiators failed to reach a deal by…
WILKIN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A collision between a semi and train is reported in Wilkin County. MnDOT temporarily closed Highway 55 near Nashua due to the crash around 4 Tuesday afternoon. There is no word on any injuries. Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says visibility is still less than 100 yards in most of the county and they advise no…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) – A woman who told police that she was trying to “beat the train” was arrested after her vehicle was struck by a BNSF train in New York Mills. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says a car driven by 32-year-old Moriah Flores was struck on the passenger rear corner as she drove through a…
NORTHWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) – A Grand Forks man is hurt after his vehicle is struck by a train in Northwood. It happened around 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. The Highway Patrol says 34-year-old Jacob Peterson was driving a pickup north on Main Street. He turned onto Lander Avenue and his vehicle was struck by the train and pushed into the ditch as…
NEAR GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A Thief River Falls man is in the hospital with serious injuries after his vehicle is struck by a train two miles north of Grand Forks. It happened around 11:30 Tuesday morning while it was snowing. The Highway Patrol says a delivery van was heading west on 54th Avenue North just west of North…
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….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is dead after being hit by a BNSF train in Fargo. Train operators called Fargo Police around 5 Sunday morning to report that they had hit a person on the tracks in the 14 hundred block of Main Avenue. Officers arrived and found a 40-year-old man was dead. Police tell us that out of…
