Man injured when pickup, train collide east of Danube

By Linda Vanderwerf

May 03, 2015 at 4:26 PM

DANUBE - A rural Danube man was injured Saturday afternoon when the pickup he was driving collided with an eastbound TC&W train two miles east of Danube.

According to a report from the Renville County Sheriff’s Office, preliminary investigation indicated Chad William Amsden, 35, of rural Danube, failed to stop at the stop sign at the railroad tracks. He had been driving south on 270th Street.

Amsden was transported by North Memorial Air Care to North Memorial Medical Center.

The Sheriff’s Office investigation is continuing, according to the release.

Assisting the Sheriff’s Office at the xcene were Renville Ambulance, Renville Rescue, Danube Fire, Danube Police Department and Danube Medical Response Unit.

By Linda Vanderwerf

In 42 years in the newspaper industry, Linda Vanderwerf has worked at several daily newspapers in Minnesota, including the Mesabi Daily News, now called the Mesabi Tribune in Virginia. Previously, she worked for the Las Cruces Sun-News in New Mexico and the Rapid City Journal in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has been a reporter at the West Central Tribune for nearly 27 years.

Vanderwerf can be reached at email: lvanderwerf@wctrib.com or phone 320-214-4340

Man injured when pickup, train collide east of Danube

DANUBE -- A rural Danube man was injured Saturday afternoon when the pickup he was driving collided with an eastbound TC&W train two miles east of Danube.