BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A 32-year-old Palmetto woman suffered serious injuries after a train hit her car on the tracks on Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Around 1:35 p.m., a train traveling south, approaching 25th Street West and Bayshore Road, struck a woman in a car who was trying to drive over the train tracks.
FHP said the woman failed to yield to the sign and drove right into the path of the train.
As a result, the train struck the left side of her car.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries.
The crash is under investigation.