‘Unusual incident’: train strikes disabled vehicle on tracks in Orrville

ORRVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - The Orrville Fire Department EMS was dispatched to evaluate a patient with breathing difficulties after a train-vehicle collision Saturday evening.

EMS responded to the incident on the S Main Street railroad crossing, evaluating two patients.

According to a social media post, one patient was released and the other was transported due to being a minor with no parent or guardian on scene.

No one was in the car at the time of the collision.

OFD EMS said in the post that the vehicle became disabled on the tracks and the occupants inside exited after hearing approaching trains sounding horn.

Those inside the vehicle were a safe distance away when it was hit by the train.

The vehicle was pushed and tumbled roughly half a block east of the collision location.

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