Police are looking for the driver of a stolen pickup truck who escaped before the truck hit a moving freight train in Stanwood.

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The registered owner of the truck, Judy Pedersen, lives in Mount Vernon, but told KIRO 7 the truck was stolen from her Stanwood cattle farm.

Investigators told Pedersen that someone stole the truck from her farm after midnight Thursday and used it to spin doughnuts in muddy fields before intentionally ramming the truck in the side of a train.

“Something was put on the accelerator and it was out into gear and they released the emergency brake, and it went into the train by itself at about 50 or 60 miles an hour," Pedersen said.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas said the truck was traveling about 25 mph when it hit the 43-car train about 2 a.m. Thursday. Melonas said it slammed into a propane tanker and was dragged about a half-mile down the tracks.

Police said the driver may have jumped out or put something on the accelerator to hold it down. The keys were in the ignition and there were no signs of trauma in the truck, the sheriff's department said.

Pedersen showed what she said is the only set of keys for the truck. She doesn’t know how they were able to start the truck.

She also doesn’t know why anyone would steal the truck

“I lost my truck, we need it for fuel and we need it to run this farm. I can't operate without a pickup and a fuel tank. I can't," Pedersen said.

The empty tanker car that was struck derailed and most of the mangled truck was wedged beneath a train car.

Inspection and repairs closed the track. At about 6 a.m., a locomotive arrived and pulled six tank cars free of the derailed car. The train car was later lifted off the truck with a crane.

Miller Road is closed while a damaged crossing is repaired.

Amtrak has canceled lines that use the tracks Thursday until repairs are complete. Passengers from Seattle to Vancouver, British Columbia, will use buses and passengers from Vancouver to Portland will bus it from Vancouver to Seattle, and then get on the train.

About 15 trains use the stretch of track daily.