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Woman Detained After Jeep, Train Collide In Robertson County

Posted at 9:56 PM, Feb 20, 2017
and last updated 2017-02-21 07:57:54-05

A woman was detained after a collision involving a Jeep and a train in Robertson County. 

Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said the wreck happened Monday night on U.S. 41 near the Red River Bridge in Adams.

According to troopers, a woman drove on to the tracks around 9:30 p.m. 

The oncoming train saw the vehicle and managed to slow down before pushing it down the tracks until both came to a stop.

The woman was not seriously injured.

THP said she was detained on the scene under the suspicion of DUI. Her name was not known.