FHP: Driver trying to push disabled SUV off railroad tracks killed by train in Bushnell

BUSHNELL, Fla. - A driver who was trying to get his disabled SUV off of the railroad tracks was struck and killed by a train in Bushnell Thursday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

The crash happened in the area of Noble Avenue and Market Street just before 11 p.m.

Troopers said the driver, an unidentified 62-year-old man, was traveling southbound when his SUV became disabled on the tracks that parallel US-301 south of East Noble Avenue.

The driver got out of his car and tried to push the 2009 Ford Explorer off of the tracks as a CSX train approached.

FHP said the train collided with the SUV and the driver, who suffered fatal injuries at the crash scene.