UPDATE: Car hit by train on McClellan Street in Athens
Published 7:21 am Saturday, March 7, 2015
- Police and fire crews inspect the scene after a train hit a red Chevrolet Cavalier Saturday morning.
An unidentified woman has been flown by MedFlight to Huntsville Hospital with injuries after her car was hit by a train at the railroad crossing on McClellan Street in Athens.
The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. An Athens Police officer on the scene said the woman was attempting to pass a tractor trailer stopped on the east side of the crossing and didn’t see the train coming when she passed the truck. She was driving a red Chevrolet Cavalier and had to be extricated from the vehicle by first responders.
The train stopped, blocking all railroad crossings in town.
The News Courier will have more information as it becomes available.
