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One person was hospitalized early Sunday morning after a vehicle drove around a downed railroad gate and collided with a freight train in Harvey.
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The injured person was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after the crash about 3 a.m. near the intersection of 148th Street and Ashland Avenue, officials said. The condition of the person, who was inside the vehicle when the crash happened and had to be extricated, was not available Sunday.
Police closed the intersection for about two hours after the freight train struck the vehicle, officials said. No further information was immediately available.
Nick Swedberg is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.