Caltrain Single-Tracking After Woman Critically Injured In Crash

A female driver was critically injured when her car was stuck on train tracks in Menlo Park and hit by a Caltrain, sending the car flying 40 feet across an intersection, fire and Caltrain officials said.

All trains in both directions were halted after the southbound Caltrain No. 360 hit the car at Ravenswood Avenue at 4:46 p.m. The female driver was stuck at the Ravenswood crossing where the car was hit, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman said.

The car flew 40 feet across the intersection and the driver had to be extricated from the car.

She was taken to Stanford Hospital in critical condition, he said.

All trains were stopped in both directions until about 5:30 p.m. when a single track was opened through the area, Caltrain officials said. Samtrans is accepting Caltrain tickets between Menlo Park and Palo Alto, and BART is accepting Caltrain tickets at Millbrae, Caltrain officials said.

About 400 people on board the train were not injured, Caltrain officials said. The crash is also impacting traffic on either side of the Ravenswood railroad crossing, according to Schapelhouman.

--Bay City News

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