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COLUMBIANA -- The railroad crossing at South Elm Street in Columbiana remained closed for several hours Friday after a tractor trailer with an oversized load became stuck on the tracks and was struck by an eastbound Norfolk Southern train.
No injuries were reported, but cleanup took awhile and at one point had the crossing on South Main Street closed. There was a brief power outage as wires were moved.
Columbiana Police Sgt. Bryan Granchie said the crash occurred at 11:08 a.m. when the trailer hauling a giant metal cauldron bottomed out at the tracks and got stuck. The driver exited the vehicle and saw the train coming, flagging down the engineer, who saw what was happening and applied the brakes, catching the tail end of the trailer. By the time of the collision, Granchie said the train had slowed down.
GRIM Towing responded with a crane to lift the load and Goebel's Towing responded for the trailer.
The Columbiana Fire Department was on the scene, along with EMS and the city electric department, which helped lift the wires out of the way.
No citations were issued.
Train traffic was halted during the cleanup process.