APRIL 27, 2015
HILLSBORO, N.D. (KFGO-AM)
The driver of a car hit by a train in Traill County was
arrested at the scene.
The collision happened at an abandoned railroad crossing at
the end of a dead end township road about 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the car became
stuck on the tracks of the dismantled crossing.
Sheriff's Captain Tony Ernst says two people in the car were
able to escape before it was hit by a northbound BNSF train. The train pushed the
car several hundred feet.
Michael Cox, 26, of Fargo, is charged with DUI, driving with
a revoked license and refusal of a chemical test. A 27 year old woman passenger was taken to
Altru Hospital in Grand Forks with non-life threatening injuries.