FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A truck driver from Omaha, Neb., was cited for careless driving after crashing into a temporary railroad overpass on this city's Main Avenue.

The impact about 4 a.m. Monday heavily damaged Aaron Craig's semitrailer and scattered twisted metal on the street. "It basically ripped the top of the trailer off," he said.

Trucks are not supposed to use the route because of low clearance at the underpass. The state Department of Transportation has put up a number of signs directing trucks to use an alternate route.

"People just don't follow the detours," said Jeff Kohlrud, who works for the city public works department.

Other accidents have occurred at the overpass, and BNSF Railway has asked the Transportation Department to close the route until a permanent overpass is finished. Officials have declined, citing the 20,000 vehicles that use the route daily.