Coon Rapids fatal train crash: Driver dies after being struck by train

COON RAPIDS, Minn. (FOX 9) - A woman is dead after she was struck by a train while driving a vehicle in Coon Rapids on New Year's Day.

None of the crew members on the train were injured and no one else was inside the passenger vehicle. 

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The Coon Rapids Police Department reports that officers responded to reports of a vehicle being struck by a freight train at about 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1. 

Authorities found the driver was the only person in the vehicle. She was then extricated and taken to the hospital.

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway company reported the driver later died from their injuries. 

The Anoka County Sheriff's Office identified the woman as Sara Beth Barber, 43, of Coon Rapids.

Investigators say the vehicle she was driving had stopped on the railroad tracks and was hit by the oncoming freight train. 

No injuries to the train's crew were reported.