Police said no one was seriously hurt after a freight train slammed into an SUV in Carthage, Ohio on Tuesday.
Around 5:30 p.m. EST, police said they were told the man driving the SUV had driven around a crossing guard at a CSX railroad crossing.Police said three people were inside the SUVThe collision caused rocks to fly from the rail bed and hit at least three parked trucks, smashing various windows.
“I guess it’s where the car was in the gravel as the train was pushing it and it just threw the rocks over here on my street,” said Columbus Roberts, whose neighbors’ vehicles were among those damaged. Another neighbor told WKRC that she frequently sees people driving around the crossing guard in an attempt to beat the train.
A review of Federal records shows there’s only been one collision at the Seymour Avenue crossing. That was in 1977 when the railroad was operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. “Nothing has ever happened like this,” said Roberts. “I’m shocked that it happened here so quick and nobody got hurt. I’m amazed nobody got hurt out of that."Police said it’s too early to know if anyone will be cited.
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