Why Woman Stayed On Hinsdale Tracks Before Train Crash: Village

HINSDALE, IL – A Hinsdale official on Tuesday explained why a woman did not move her car off the railroad tracks late Monday morning when a train approached the Monroe Street crossing.

The driver was identified as an 80-year-old woman from Willowbrook.

At a Village Board meeting, Village President Greg Hart said the woman stopped between the stop line and the tracks. The safety gate went down behind the woman's car, he said.

"The driver believed there was another vehicle behind her, so she did not back up," Hart said. "All the passengers on the train, as well as the driver, are OK. The driver sustained only minor injuries."

No car was behind the woman. A Metra train struck the front of her car.

The woman was ticketed for disregarding the rail crossing signal, police said.

The village released a video of the crash (below).