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.
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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.
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FDOT said three trains were delayed between 30 and 150 minutes.
The crash remains under investigation.
No other details were given.