STURGIS, S.D. – Sturgis Police report only minor injuries following a train vs vehicle collision in Sturgis Saturday monring.

Sturgis Police Spokesman Dylan Goetsch says the accident happened around 9:46 Saturday morning on Park Street. He says Meade County Dispatch received a 911 call of a pickup hit by a train on Park St just to the west of its intersection with Pine St.

Officers arrived a short time later and found a Chevy Colorado pickup had been going west on Park Streeet and an RCPE train was traveling south on the rail road tracks. The driver of the pickup did not see the train until he was already on the tracks and attempted to back up.

The driver accidentally put the pickup in park and the passenger side front of the pickup was struck by the train.

Minor injuries were reported by the driver of the pickup and he was cleared by EMS personnel on scene and released. His name was not released.

There were no injuries to RCPE personnel.