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Driver escapes before train destroys vehicle in NE Philo

Publish Date: 2023, 07, 07

PHILO, IL – A woman narrowly escaped her vehicle before it was struck by a train northeast of Philo on Thursday night, WCIA reports.

Deputies with the Champaign County Sheriff’s Department were called to the scene after a woman’s vehicle became disabled on a railroad crossing on County Road 1700 E near County Road 900 N.

The driver, an unidentified 59-year-old woman, was able to exit her vehicle before it was hit by the train.

According the the News-Gazette, no injuries were reported from the drive or any train employees.

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