Train strikes, kills woman near Priest River
A woman is dead after she was hit by a train Saturday near Priest River.
About 9 p.m. Saturday night, a northbound freight train struck a woman, a pedestrian, at the Parr Road crossing near Hidden Lane in Bonner County, according to a news release from the Idaho State Police. Authorities pronounced the woman dead at the scene. ISP is investigating.
Authorities stopped all rail traffic on the line for about four hours that night.