Teens injured in train vs. vehicle crash

RATHDRUM — Authorities are investigating a collision between a train and a vehicle that happened at a crossing this afternoon on the Rathdrum Prairie.

Kootenai County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 3:10 to the railroad crossing at N. Huetter Road and Lancaster Avenue.

The passenger vehicle was occupied by two people, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

The person believed to have been driving the vehicle has been identified by the Sheriff’s Office as Austin C. Wiseman, 18, of Hayden. The other vehicle occupant is a 15-year-old girl believed to be from Coeur d’Alene.

Both teens were seriously injured with at least one in critical condition. Emergency personnel had to extricate one of the them.

Both have been transported from the scene by medical responders.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking citizens to avoid this area while the crash is being investigated.