Authorities have identified a man killed in a crash involving a road grader and a train Thursday southeast of Hibbing, Minn., as Walter William Maki Jr.
Maki, 67, of Hibbing, was operating the road grader when it was struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad train about 11:52 a.m. at the intersection of Zim and Maki roads outside of Toivola Township, said Lt. Nate Skelton of the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office.
Maki died at the scene, the Sheriff's Office said.
Both the Sheriff's Office and the railroad continue to investigate.
