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An Elk River boy is under investigation after stopping a vehicle on the railroad tracks and forcing a train to conduct an emergency stop. The boy allegedly took pictures of the train while the engineer frantically worked to stop it, Beahen said. The incident occurred at about 3:25 p.m. April 6, when the boy reportedly jumped out of a black van after parking it on the railroad tracks at Ogden Street. The engineer on the train spotted the vehicle and sounded its horn before stopping the train after it became apparent the van wasn’t going to move. Another person in the van moved it at the last minute, saving it from being hit by the train, which had been traveling eastbound at about 40 mph. The train stopped just on the other side of the intersection in which the van had been stopped, Beahen said, and the engineer got the license plate number from the vehicle and confronted the boys. The boys in the van were gone by the time officers arrived, and when officers went to the boy’s house, his little brother told them he was taking pictures as part of a safety project for a school health class. Beahen said it is likely the boy will be charged with some crime in the incident.
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