Car Catches Fire After It's Struck By Train In Coon Rapids; No Reported Injuries
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COON RAPIDS, Minn. (WCCO) -- The Coon Rapids Fire Department says no one was injured after a train struck a vehicle Saturday night.
The crash happened at Northdale Boulevard and 119th Avenue in Coon Rapids around 9 p.m. The department says the vehicle was stuck on the tracks when it was hit by a west bound BNSF train and subsequently caught fire.
Authorities say the vehicle was up against a liquefied petroleum gas tanker car.
Crews were able to extinguish the fire, and all occupants of the vehicle escaped safely.
Tonight crews were called to a car stuck on the railroad tracks at Northdale Blvd / 119th Ave. Crews were en route and...
Posted by Coon Rapids MN Fire Department on Saturday, September 7, 2019
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