Last Updated: Wednesday, 27 April, 2005, 09:00 GMT 10:00 UK  

            Car hits train on level crossing 
                   
                  The rail company said the level crossing had been working 
                  properly
            A car has crashed into a train on a level crossing near Ammanford in 
            Carmarthenshire. 
            Arriva Trains Wales said the car hit the passenger train just before 
            0900 BST at the Kings Road level crossing at Llandybie. 
            An elderly woman was cut free from her Vauxhall Corsa and treated in 
            hospital for shock. 
            None of the 20 passengers on the 0534 Shrewsbury to Swansea service 
            were injured, said transport police. 
            Construction workers nearby was first on the scene and looked after 
            the woman until the ambulance crew arrived. 
            "She was concious, talking, there were no visible injuries, we moved 
            the glass that was in her hair and on her clothes, checked she was 
            OK and reassured her as best we could," said site manager Steve 
            Windsor. 
            The accident happened at low speed and the single-carriage train 
            pushed the car to one side and was not de-railed, said police. 
            An Arriva Trains Wales spokeswoman said: "The train, which was just 
            about to call at Llandybie station, was travelling very slowly when 
            it was struck by the car. 
                   
                  The woman was cut free from the car by the fire service
            "The level crossing functioned properly and the train had permission 
            to proceed". 
            The crossing has flashing lights and warning sounds but no barriers. 

            Passengers completed their journeys by road and buses have replaced 
            trains on the Heart of Wales line. 
            The Health and Safety Executive has been informed and British 
            Transport Police will also be investigating the circumstances 
            surrounding the collision.