DE SMET, S.D. (AP) _ THE KINGSBURY COUNTY SHERIFF SAID A
UNIVERSITY STUDENT FOUND DEAD BESIDE RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR DE SMET APPARENTLY FROZE TO DEATH.
     SHERIFF KEVIN SCOTTING IDENTIFIED HIM TO THE DAILY REPUBLIC AS 22-YEAR-OLD THOMAS BJERKE OF BRADLEY, A STUDENT AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
     SCOTTING TOLD KSFY TELEVISION THAT BJERKE RODE THE TRAIN FROM BROOKINGS AND EITHER FELL OR JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN. THE BODY WAS DISCOVERED SATURDAY AFTERNOON A HALF MILE EAST OF DE SMET.
     AN AUTOPSY WAS PLANNED MONDAY. SCOTTING SAID THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF INJURY OR WOUNDS AND NO FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.