Train hits pickup, one to hospital
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May 30, 2013 |
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A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad engineer
contacted the Boundary County Sheriff's Office
at 2:49 a.m. today to report having hit what he
believe to have been an unoccupied vehicle at
the Pine Island crossing south of Bonners Ferry,
but a deputy arriving on scene minutes later
found that the pickup had been occupied.
One person was transported to Boundary Community
Hospital, where he was treated and released.
According to the Idaho State Police, Kyle Maas,
27, Bonners Ferry, was stopped on the tracks in
a 2008 Dodge pickup when it was hit by the
southbound train.
Initially, a HeartFlite medical helicopter had
been called; at the same time HeartFlite
reported they could not fly in due to weather,
the deputy on scene informed dispatch that a
helicopter would not be needed.
In addition to sheriff's deputies and Boundary
Volunteer Ambulance, officers from the Idaho
State Police, the Bonners Ferry Police
Department and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol
responded to the scene, as well as a BNSF crew.
The collision remains under investigation.
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