By Associated Press - Monday, April 17, 2017

RUGBY, N.D. (AP) - Authorities have identified a 41-year-old man killed when a train struck his SUV in Rugby.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says Howard Duck of Rugby stopped his SUV near the train tracks on Main Street early Monday morning, then tried to go around the barricades and was struck by the train.

KFGO (https://bit.ly/2ohX7vB ) reports Duck was thrown from the SUV and died at the scene. Two BNSF employees on the train were not injured.

The train was going about 40 mph at the time.

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Information from: KFGO-AM, https://www.kfgo.com

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