Trains stopped while car stuck on tracks [UPDATED]

Published 9:22am Friday, February 1, 2013 Updated 11:22am Friday, February 1, 2013
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A car was stuck in heavy snow on train tracks on Hwy. 10 and 505th street near Hobart Township Thursday. Burlington Northern shut down trains on the track at 12:47 p.m., and kept the tracks clear for 10 minutes, until they got the all-clear from the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Department.Manchester

Kyle Drake was near the scene and helped get the vehicle clear from the tracks. Hobart Township was notified that they needed to remove snow from around the tracks.

 

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