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Train hits truck towing trailer in Trout Lake Township

TROUT LAKE TOWNSHIP, MI--   No one was injured when a train hit a truck in Chippewa County Friday.

Troopers from the Sault Ste. Marie Post say the crash happened around

6:30 p.m. on a railroad crossing near M-123 in Trout Lake Township.

A 19-year-old Fenton man was towing a boat with his pickup across the tracks when the train struck. The truck and boat were heavily damaged. Neither the truck driver nor the train operators were injured.

The 19-year-old was cited for careless driving.

After a delay, the train was able to proceed on its way.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.