ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) -- A car was struck by a Metra train in south suburban Robbins Monday afternoon, right before the start of the afternoon rush.

Rock Island District Line train 419, scheduled to arrive in Joliet at 4:02 p.m., was halted after it hit a vehicle along the rail line at the 139th Street crossing in Robbins around 3:30 p.m. The crossing is located at 139th Street and Coopers Grove Road east of Kedzie Avenue.

The car that was hit was no longer on the tracks by 4 p.m.—it was pushed down an embankment and into a wooded area. The car that was hit by the train was severely damaged, and much of the vehicle was sheared away.

There also appeared to be some front-end damage to the locomotive of the Metra train.

There were no injuries on the train. 

Metra police remained on the scene for some time with a heavy-lift wrecker that dragged the vehicle out of the trees and loaded it onto a flatbed tow truck.

A man who had been in the car was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center with minimal injuries, Metra said. An ambulance and a fire engine left the scene just before 4:30 p.m.  

The Rock Island District Line was shut down after the crash. Trains were back running by the 5 p.m. hour.

The 139th Street crossing was also to be closed until further notice.

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