{"id":29443,"date":"2024-04-22T11:03:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T01:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=29443"},"modified":"2024-04-22T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T01:04:12","slug":"rail-chaos-after-commuter-train-hits-car-on-rail-tracks-at-woy-woy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=29443","title":{"rendered":"Rail chaos after commuter train hits car on rail tracks at Woy Woy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A commuter train hit a car at a railway crossing in Woy Woy, on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/new-south-wales\">NSW<\/a>&nbsp;Central Coast about 6pm last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarkably, there were no injuries with the driver believed to have jumped out of the car just in time and passengers on the train uninjured in the collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage, shared on social media, showed the train hitting the car at high speed and the vehicle being pushed some distance along the rail tracks, shocking onlookers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imageresizer.static9.net.au\/k-5Tnv5IPmOkmu5cqSgstqrGRPY=\/500x0\/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F54cdf2a6-804f-40a8-a9ef-2d429e5f7684\" alt=\"A commuter train hit a car at a railway crossing in Woy Woy on the Central Coast on Friday night. No-one was injured\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A commuter train hit a car at a railway crossing in Woy Woy on the Central Coast on Friday night. No-one was injured&nbsp;(9News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s believed an international driver was behind the wheel and had made a wrong turn on the railway crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They then abandoned the car as the train approached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident resulted in delays during peak hour, as buses were brought in to replace trains along that stretch, as rail workers came in to clear the tracks.\ufeff<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imageresizer.static9.net.au\/knK1u6xSxCWpF6oNbtHLTNOdV00=\/500x0\/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F636dc74a-3d2b-4fc4-9bfe-c28e6cd9c7b0\" alt=\"A commuter train hit a car at a railway crossing in Woy Woy on the Central Coast on Friday night. No-one was injured\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Footage, shared on social media, showed the train hitting the car at high speed and the vehicle being pushed some distance along the rail tracks, shocking onlookers.&nbsp;(9News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Source: Nine News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A commuter train hit a car at a railway crossing in Woy Woy, on the&nbsp;NSW&nbsp;Central Coast about 6pm last night. 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