Crime & Safety
Woman Arrested After Train, SUV Collide in Jessup
Howard County police took a woman into custody Thursday afternoon for driving without a license after her Ford Explorer hit a train on Tar Bay Drive.
A woman was arrested Thursday afternoon after her SUV crashed into a cargo train in Jessup, according to Howard County police.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., a Ford Explorer was crossing the train tracks on Tar Bay Drive near Oceano Avenue in Jessup, when a train struck the vehicle.
“The train was coming at a slow rate of speed, and she [the driver of the Explorer] was traveling at a slow rate of speed; that’s why nobody was injured,” said Sherry Llewellyn, spokeswoman for the Howard County Police Department.
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Preliminary reports indicated that the driver was aware the train was coming but was hurrying, trying to get across the tracks before it arrived.
Police arrested the driver of the Ford Explorer for operating the vehicle without a license.
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The woman, whose name has not yet been released, was taken to the Howard County Detention Center. It was unclear how many passengers there were in the vehicle, as one passenger fled before officials arrived, said police.
CSX, the transportation company that owns and operates the railway, could not be reached for comment about the incident.
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