Authorities have identified a Thief River Falls man who suffered serious injuries Tuesday when the delivery van he was driving was struck by a freight train north of Grand Forks.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 42-year-old Travis Forsberg was driving the van through a grade crossing about 11:30 a.m. and was pushed on the tracks by a northbound BNSF train.
The patrol says the crossing is marked with rail crossing signs and a yield sign. The train was traveling about 40 miles an hour.
Forsberg was not wearing a seat belt and the vehicle did not have air bags.
Forsberg was transported to Altru.
The patrol says it was snowing at the time and the road was covered with snow.
The train consisted of two locomotives and 32 empty cars.
The crash remains under investigation.
KNOX/AP
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