Train Hits Car At Grade Crossing Near Lindbergh Field

SAN DIEGO, CA — A passenger train struck a car Tuesday at a grade crossing near Lindbergh Field, but the motorist escaped the crash unscathed.

The rail accident on West Washington Street in the Middletown district of San Diego took place about 7 a.m., sheriff's Transit Enforcement Unit Deputy Joseph Pirri said.

The crash resulted in no reported injuries, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

It was not immediately clear how the automobile wound up on the tracks in the path of the northbound Coaster commuter train.

— City News Service