A motorist in northern Wisconsin was hit by a train while trying to cross railroad tracks and died, authorities said.
Driver, 87, in northern Wisconsin hit by train and dies
The crash occurred Saturday morning about 50 miles east of Eau Claire.
January 6, 2019 at 9:52PM
The collision occurred about 9:45 a.m. Saturday northeast of Owen in Clark County, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
The driver, George P. Louis, was an 87-year-old man from Owen, the patrol said.
The motorist was on Borglin Avenue south of Pine Road when he crossed into the path of a freight train roughly 50 miles east of Eau Claire, the patrol said.
No injuries were reported on the train.
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