A woman was lucky to walk away relatively unscathed Wednesday after a freight train slammed into her car, throwing it down a deep embankment and tearing apart the front end.
The collision happened around 10:44 a.m. Wednesday on Golfview Drive in Lakeshore. Essex County OPP said an eastbound freight train hit a northbound Nissan Sentra. The force of the impact threw the car into a deep ditch. The front end of the car was crumpled, with the engine ripped out.
The driver, who was alone in the car, was treated at hospital with minor injuries.
Provincial police, Essex County Emergency Medical Service and the Lakeshore Fire and Rescue Service all responded to the crash. Police also called in the Ministry of the Environment after realizing the train had a small diesel leak.
Golfview Road between County Road 42 and County Road 2 in Lakeshore was closed for hours.
Police have not said if they plan to lay charges.
A woman is lucky to be alive after her car was struck by a freight train on Wed. Oct. 22, 2014, on Golfview Dr. in Lakeshore, ON. at approximately 10:45 a.m. The car is shown in ditch along the rail line. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A woman is lucky to be alive after her car was struck by a freight train on Wed. Oct. 22, 2014, on Golfview Dr. in Lakeshore, ON. at approximately 10:45 a.m. The car is shown in ditch along the rail line. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A woman is lucky to be alive after her car was struck by a freight train on Wed. Oct. 22, 2014, on Golfview Dr. in Lakeshore, ON. at approximately 10:45 a.m. The front of the train is shown a distance from the impact. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
A woman is lucky to be alive after her car was struck by a freight train on Wed. Oct. 22, 2014, on Golfview Dr. in Lakeshore, ON. at approximately 10:45 a.m. An employee with Canadian Pacific Railway checks out the damage to the car. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
