Police: Train strikes tractor, killing Louisiana man

VACHERIE- Authorities say a Louisiana man died when a train hit his farm tractor at a rail crossing.News outlets report that Louisiana State Police Trooper Jesse LaGrange said in a news release that 62-year-old Mathew Alexander III, of Vacherie, was killed Sunday morning.LaGrange said Alexander was traveling on a farm tractor, towing a 34-foot sugarcane hopper, and drove around the crossing arms, entering the path of an eastbound Union Pacific train. LaGrange said the crossing arms with red fla