ELKTON, S.D. — Two people were killed Friday when their vehicle crashed through a crossing-gate arm and struck a moving train, setting the vehicle on fire and derailing the train into a grain elevator, the Mitchell Republic reports.
The incident occurred about 7 p.m. at a grade crossing on the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad at State Route 13 in Elkton, near the Minnesota state line and about 15 miles southeast of Brookings, S.D. The two occupants of the vehicle, a 2011 Kia Sorrento, were trapped in the vehicle and were unable to escape, the South Dakota Highway Patrol reports. Information on the occupants has not been released.
Images on the KELO website indicate at least a dozen railcars derailed. No injuries to the train crew were reported. The South Dakota Highway Patrol continues to investigate the incident.
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