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Sibley, IA (KICD) -- No injuries were reported after a train struck a gravel trailer being pulled by a tractor.
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred around 1:45 Monday afternoon. 49-year old Steven Boerhave, of Ashton, was eastbound in a Case tractor hauling a gravel trailer on 250th Street, and attempted to cross a railroad crossing west of Highway 60.
Boerhave didn't see or hear a train before crossing the until the tractor was on the tracks. The northbound Union Pacific train, driven by 39-year old Darren Raddatz, of St James, Minnesota struck the gravel trailer, knocking it into the north ditch onto it's top.
The tractor and trailer sustained approximately $25,000 damage. Boerhave was cited for Failure To Stop Cargo Vehicles at Railroad Crossing. The locomotive received approximately $20,000 damage.
There were no injuries reported in the accident.
