Man Killed When Train Hits his Vehicle
PILLAGER (WJON News) -- A man died when the car he was driving was struck by a train.
The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday on Highway 210 near Pillager in Cass County.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train was going east at West Gull River Road Southwest when it hit a car on the tracks.
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Fifty-three-year-old Lance Beacham of Moorhead was killed.
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