Train crashes into stopped car on Commerce City railroad crossing

DENVER (KDVR) — Two railroad crossings in Commerce City are expected to be closed for a few hours Monday night while investigators clear a crash involving a train and a vehicle.

According to the South Adams County Fire Department, there were no major injuries sustained in the crash. The agency reported the crash at 6:50 p.m.

The fire department said that the railroad crossing at Highway 2 and 88th Avenue, and at Highway 2 and 80th Avenue , may be closed "over the next few hours." The area borders the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.

Commerce City police also posted to X about the crash, noting that both directions of Highway 2 were closed at 88th Avenue as of 6:54 p.m. The agency said the vehicle "died on the train tracks," and the driver was attempting to push it off the tracks "when the train came through."

A photo posted by the department shows a Range Rover sitting next to a BNSF train, which is stopped on the tracks.

The driver was not injured, the Commerce City Police Department reported, and was able to avoid the train. The agency also applauded the train crew for slowing the train before the crash.