Car hit by train after getting stuck on tracks in Hancock County

A close call for a Michigan man who got out of his car just before it was hit by a train in Hancock County.

The Hancock County Sheriff's Office says 41-year-old Jiquon Jones of Flint was heading east on State Route 613 just before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning when he went off the road and got stuck on the tracks near County Road 257. Jones jumped out of the car as a CSX train operated by Brett Tackett of Greenwich, Ohio came barreling down, slamming into the car. Deputies say no one was hurt. The incident remains under investigation.

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