Car drives through railroad crossing arm in Orange and is struck by train
A man was in critical condition after driving through a railroad-crossing gate in Orange and getting struck by a Metrolink train on Thursday night, April 17, police said.
Orange police and firefighters responded just after 7 p.m. to Glassell Street and Taft Avenue, where the train struck a Jeep Cherokee, said Lt. Phil McMullin, a spokesman for the Police Department.
The Jeep driver was traveling south on Orange Olive Road where it merges with Glassell and turned right onto Taft. The gate arms we