Woman charged after hitting train

Police responded to a vehicle struck by a train on the Canadian National rail line on Highway 17, Coniston.

coniston_train_collision2 Emergency responders a car and a train on Highway 17 in Coniston. (Heather Green-Oliver)

Emergency responders on the scene of the collision between a car and a train on Highway 17 in Coniston. (Heather Green-Oliver)

There's been a charge laid in that car-train accident we told you about yesterday.

At 3:41 p.m. members from the Sudbury Detachment of the OPP, the Sudbury Fire Department as well as the Sudbury-Manitoulin District Emergency Medical Services, responded to a vehicle struck by a train on the Canadian National rail line on Highway 17, Coniston.

See: Video: Train and vehicle collide at rail crossing in Coniston

The driver of the motor vehicle, Cecile Peterson, 79 years old of Sudbury, has been charged with Careless Driving.