Incidents

FHP: SunRail train rear-ends car on tracks in Orange County

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A SunRail train rear-ended a car that was on railroad tracks Friday evening in Orange County's Pine Castle neighborhood, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Troopers said the crash was reported shortly before 8 p.m. near Nela and South Orange avenues.

The driver might have turned onto a side street and started driving southbound on the railroad tracks before the vehicle was rear-ended, FHP Lt. Kim Montes said.

The driver was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center under a trauma alert status, Montes said. The driver's injuries are serious but not life-threatening, she said.

The 97 people were aboard the train were uninjured, said Steve Olson, a Florida Department of Transportation spokesman.

It is unknown how the car ended up a quarter mile between crossings, Olson said.

FDOT said three trains were delayed between 30 and 150 minutes.

The crash remains under investigation.

No other details were given.