Crime & Safety

Police: Drunk Driver Crashes Into CSX Train

The Framingham man, 21, who was driving a van was arrested early Friday morning.

A Framingham man crashed his vehicle into a CSX train in downtown Framingham Thursday night.

After the driver crashed his van into the moving train just before 11:30 p.m., he fled the scene.

Framingham Police searched for the driver and located him in a wooden area, about an hour later.

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Police arrested at 12:45 a.m. Luis Gustamo Mayancela, 21, of 113 Everit Street of Framingham.

He was charged with driving a vehicle without a license, driving while under the influence of alcohol, leaving the scene of a crash causing injury and failure to yield to a train.

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He was arraigned in Framingham District Court on Friday.

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