OTTERTAIL, Minn. (KFGO) - The driver of a potato truck was hospitalized after the truck was hit by a train in Ottertail, Minn.
The Otter Tail County Sheriff says 32-year-old Kenneth Betts of Richville, Minn. was seriously injured. The crash was reported around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday.
Investigators say the truck crossed the tracks in front of the train, which then hit the truck and pushed it along the tracks. Betts was initially taken to the hospital in Perham and then airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo.
The train crew was not hurt. The crash remains under investigation.