READING, N.Y. (WENY) — The Watkins Glen Fire Department responded to an incident in Reading on Sunday after a train collided with a vehicle on the tracks. A WENY News reporter on the scene described the truck being several hundred feet north of the railroad crossing on Chase Road.

According to Norfolk Southern, the company that owns the railway, the incident happened shortly before 10:00 A.M. on Sunday, September 21. After the collision, part of the train blocked the railroad crossing, causing Chase Road to be closed for part of the day.

Norfolk Southern confirmed that there were no reported injuries to the train crew. There is no word yet from the Watkins Glen Fire Department on the condition of the driver or any possible passengers in the vehicle.

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