SPRINGFIELD — UPDATE @ 11:35 P.M.
A person was injured after being hit by a train in Springfield on Saturday.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11, the crash happened on a Norfolk Southern line.
The company told News Center 7 that a person was walking on the tracks before the Shaffer Street crossing just after 5 p.m. on Sept. 26.
That’s when a train hit them.
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A Springfield Police dispatcher sergeant told News Center 7 that a medical helicopter flew a person to a local hospital.
News Center 7’s Ava Petrosky spoke with people on Saturday. They were surprised to find out that someone was hurt.
“I was actually shocked about it,” said Tiara Portis.
It was a normal day for her on Saturday.
“We saw the train, and we thought it was like a regular old train,” said Portis. “They’re really too crazy, too wild, a little busy, and I hear that they crashed; I’m like, ‘Oh my.’”
An iWitness7 reporter, Marco Castaneda, posted video of a railroad crossing blocked on Saturday. It shows that the train had stopped. There were several police cruisers at the scene.
Portis said that it is not unusual to see trains stopped.
“Just driving around this area, there’s a lot of intersections with tracks,” she said. “This is an issue that you see pop up kind of frequently.”
News Center 7 has contacted the City of Springfield to determine what caused the crash and to learn the person’s condition.
We will continue to update this developing story.
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