Train vs. Car Crash Leaves One Hospitalized
Saturday, December 6, 2014 - 8:26pm
By:
Avery Neuville
FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT
Cook County, MN-The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office responded to a train vs. car crash Saturday morning.
The accident occured at the railroad crossing near the Wood and East Olson Road in Cook.
A Canadian National train was traveling Westbound when it struck a Pontiac Bonneville that was stopped on the tracks at the crossing.
The driver of the vehicle, Lynn Mallak, was transported to the Cook Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Sherriff's Office.
Alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor in the crash.