No injuries in early morning train-vehicle collision in Clark County

A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Crews were still working to clear a railroad track near Old Mill Road and Wendover Street in Clark County shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, more than four hours after a train struck a vehicle on the tracks.

No injuries were reported.

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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