The initial call came in at 4:51 a.m. Sunday, an Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatcher said.
The dispatcher could not say how the vehicle got on the tracks or whether a driver sought to drive past the track safety barrier.
“The vehicle was on the tracks before the train came through the intersection, and the driver was able to get out,” the dispatcher said.
A Clark County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher referred questions to the highway patrol.
The intersection is just west of the Springfield municipal border.
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