Train Collides With Semi Truck Carrying Railroad Ties: Report

STANBERRY, WI — A semi trailer carrying railroad ties collided with a train in northwestern Wisconsin Monday, officials are reporting.

On June 11, just after 2 p.m., the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a report of a train that collided with a semi truck near County Highway M in Stanberry, a small town in northwest Wisconsin near Hayward.

Responding officers located the crash scene on Stanberry Road at the Canadian National Railroad tracks. The semi unit, which is owned by Jeff Foster Trucking Inc. of Superior,, was hauling used railroad ties.

Accident investigators say that as the semi unit traveled west over the railroad tracks, a southbound Canadian National locomotive struck the rear of the semitrailer. The force of the collision overturned the semi unit into the opposite side of the roadway.

Officials say that Clifford Lindberg, an 82-year-old man from Superior was the driver of the semi. He was uninjured as a result of the accident.

No injuries from either vehicle were reported. The crash remains under investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol.

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