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A train traveling through Pleasanton struck a passenger vehicle on the railroad tracks near downtown on Monday afternoon, according to city police.
There were no injuries reported among the occupants of the car nor on the train, according to the Pleasanton Police Department.
The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. Monday at the railroad crossing on St. Mary Street in Pleasanton, with police receiving a call about a car having been hit by a Union Pacific Railroad train, according to Lt. Roy Gamez.
Officers arrived to find one car with significant front-end damage, while the car’s passengers had escaped injury, according to Gamez.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation, but it appears the railroad crossing signal was working correctly at that time, Gamez said.
The train blocked the St. Mary Street and Santa Rita Road railroad crossings for nearly two hours on Monday afternoon, Gamez said. Union Pacific inspectors arrived and determined the tracks were not damaged. The car was towed from the scene.
Anyone with information regarding the case can contact Pleasanton PD at 925-931-5100.
