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Man charged after train slams into car in Dinwiddie

Posted at 11:34 PM, Dec 23, 2014
and last updated 2014-12-23 23:34:04-05

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. -- A man has been charged after a train struck his car in Dinwiddie County.

Officers said that Ryan Wiley was crossing train tracks on Station Road in Sutherland just before 9:30 p.m. Thursday when they said his car left the road and got stuck on the tracks.

A short time later a Norfolk Southern freight train slammed into his vehicle.

Wiley was not injured and was charged with reckless driving.