Shortly before midnight on Wednesday evening a train headed east on the CSX tracks near downtown Decatur collided with a pickup truck, forcing it into the pylon that holds the safety barriers.
According to Sgt. John Bender, public information officer with the Decatur Police Department, no one was injured in the accident.
The incident drew several police vehicles, and CSX personnel could be seen inspecting the wreckage.
Bender wrote later that the truck had been parked with the tailgate blocking the railroad tracks. “A CSX train struck the vehicle, which was unoccupied at the time of the collision,” he wrote in an email. “The driver of the truck was issued a citation for stopping on the railroad track.”
Within minutes the truck had been towed from the scene and the train continued on its way. The traffic in downtown Decatur at midnight was negligible and was not inconvenienced by the delay.
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