New Details Revealed: Train Slams into Car in Galloway Township

If you've ever been at one of the train crossings just off the White Horse Pike between Hammonton and Absecon, you know that trains come fast.

It's the New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Rail Line, with trains running from Philadelphia to Atlantic City.

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Train hits car in Galloway Township

6ABC/Philadelphia is reporting that a train hit a car at the Pomona Road crossing in Galloway, near the Atlantic City International Airport.

The crash happened just before 8:30 Tuesday evening.

New Jersey Transit says no one was in the car at the time of the crash. It's not known if the car stalled on the tracks and the driver got out - or what happened.

CBS 3 video shows the car was pretty much destroyed.

33 passengers were on the train at the time, as it traveled from Philadelphia to Atlantic City. There were no injuries.

New Information from Galloway Police

Galloway Township Police have released additional details on the crash.

Police say the driver of the car, Minh Vu of Ventnor, actually turned his car from the roadway onto the railroad tracks. There it became stuck, but he was able to get out of the car before it was hit by the train.

Vu called police when it happened, but before police arrived on the scene, the train came and hit his car.

Police say Vu's turn onto the tracks was "unintentional."