Workers clean up the diesel spill left by the accident. Photo / Linda Robertson
A man had a near miss after a freight train clipped the side of his ute this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene at Lincoln St in Hampden, North Otago about 9.30am.
The railway crossing where the accident occurred. Photo / Linda RobertsonActing Senior Sergeant James Ure, of Dunedin Police, said no-one was injured in the accident.
"The
driver had approached the crossing and stopped, he checked right and then the train approached from the left and clipped the vehicle," he said.