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3 injured after van falls onto train tracks in Kingsessing

Published  July 24, 2018 2:25pm EDT
U.S.
FOX 29 Philadelphia

KINGSESSING (WTXF) - Regular service on the Media/Elwyn Regional Rail line has been restored following a crash in Kingsessing that left three people injured.

The crash happened just after 7 a.m. Tuesday at 49th Street and Kingsessing Avenue when police say a van went off the roadway and landed against a utility pole near the train tracks, resulting in downed wires at 49th Street Station.

Police say a man driving a Nissan van was traveling northbound on 49th Street when he struck a woman driving a Hyundai Sonata traveling westbound on Kingsessing Avenue. That's when the Nissan went over the embankment and landed on the tracks.

The man driving the Nissan was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where is listed in stable condition.

The woman driving the Hyundai Sonata, as well as her 13-year-old son, were transported to Hahnemann University Hospital. Their conditions are unknown at this time.