Illinois Woman Miraculously Escapes Car vs. Train Incident

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"Rutland, VT, USA - August 20, 2012: AMTRAK coach class train car stopped at a station in Rutland, Vermont with a railroad crossing sign and warning lights in the foreground. This is the Ethan Allen Express passenger train operated by AMTRAK, which runs the 241-mile route (388 km) between New York City and Rutland, Vermont, via Albany. The service is subsidized by Vermont State and carries about 50,000 passengers a year. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak is operated and managed as a for-profit corporation and began operations on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States."
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Philo, IL – An Illinois woman had a miraculous escape when she managed to flee her car Thursday night just moments before it was struck by a freight train. 

The harrowing incident occurred at a railroad crossing outside of Philo. The 59-year-old woman’s vehicle had become disabled on the tracks, prompting her to call 911. However, the train arrived before deputies could intervene. With the crossing’s warning system blaring, the woman made a split-second decision to abandon her car. 

Seconds later, the train collided with the vehicle, engulfing it in flames. Remarkably, neither the woman nor the train’s engineers were injured.

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