Car goes around crossing gate, struck by Amtrak train near Battle Creek
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A 57-year-old man escaped injury when his vehicle was struck by an Amtrak train near Battle Creek on Friday, May 14
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BATTLE CREEK, MI A 57-year-old Battle Creek man escaped injury after police say he drove his vehicle around a crossing gate and it was struck by an Amtrak train.
Calhoun County sheriff’s deputies responded to McAllister Road near Clarence Boulevard, just northeast of Battle Creek, about 8:40 p.m. Friday, May 14 for the crash.
Police said the 57-year-old driver was going north on McAllister Road when the crossing gates went down and he stopped at the gate. He decided to go around the gate, but did not see an approaching Amtrak train.
A 57-year-old Battle Creek man escaped injury Friday night in Pennfield Township after his car was hit by a train.
Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies responded to McAllister Road near Clarence Boulevard just after 8:30 p.m. on May 14
th after the rear end of the vehicle the man was driving was hit by the train. Investigators believe that the man had stopped at the railroad tracks as the crossing gates came down. He didn’t see the oncoming Amtrak train and attempted to go around the crossing gate when the vehicle was hit.
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The man was not hurt nor were the occupants of the train. The train was delayed for roughly an hour for the investigation, which continues.
DRUNKEN DRIVING: A Kalamazoo woman, 38, was arrested on a drunken driving charge after asking a Battle Creek police officer for directions. The officer was stopped at 6:53 p.m. Friday at a red light on West Michigan Avenue at Kendall Street. He said a car stopped behind the patrol car and a woman approached and said she needed help getting to Kenilworth Avenue. The officer said it wasn t in Battle Creek and the woman said she believed she was in Kalamazoo. The officer said he could smell alcohol on her breath and when he asked her if she had been drinking she replied, yes, that s part of the problem. She later told officers she knew she was drunk but was trying to reach family members. An alcohol breath test showed her blood/alcohol level at 0.14 percent with 0.08 the legal limit for driving. She told the officers on a scale of zero to 10, with 10 being the most intoxicated she had ever been, how drunk was she, she replied she was at a seven. She was taken to the Calhoun County jai