MTA: LIRR Train Hits Car, Driver Taken to Hospital

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A woman was unharmed after the front end of her car was hit by a Long Island Rail train in Huntington Wednesday, officials said.

The car was protruding over the railroad tracks at a crossing on Park Ave. in Huntington, according to the

Metropolitan Transit Authority.

Although the driver, who was not immediately identified, escaped unharmed, she was taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution, according to the MTA Police.

Police said the car was struck at about 12:30 p.m. by a westbound diesel train that was approaching Huntington Station.

The woman apparently panicked when she found herself on the tracks with the crossing gate coming down and the train approaching, police said.

As a result of the incident, service on the Port Jefferson Branch between Huntington and Port Jefferson was suspended for about an hour, officials said.

See a photo of the crash scene here.