Photos: No Injuries in Zephyrhills Train Crash

A 75-year-old Tampa man escaped injury in a Wednesday morning train-versus-car crash in Zephyrhills.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Clayton Zwak was traveling westbound on Melrose Avenue in a 2011 Cadillac around 9:48 a.m. As Zwak approached the double rail road tracks at Old Lakeland Highway, a CSX service truck was preparing to service one set of tracks.

Zwak, the patrol said, stopped on the other set of tracks where a northbound train was approaching. The train’s impending arrival caused the crossing arms to lower onto the Cadillac, a highway patrol report stated. The car remained on the tracks as the three-engine, 79-car train passed by, striking the Cadillac’s front end.

Zwak remained in the vehicle, but was uninjured, the patrol noted.

The train was not transporting hazardous materials and did not derail.

No charges are pending.

Photos courtesy of the Florida Highway Patrol

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