Train hits ute in near miss accident

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 Robertson

Acting 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.

The man's vehicle was also damaged causing diesel to spill onto the track.

He added the police wanted to remind people to take care at railway crossings.