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UPDATE: One person in critical condition after car collides with train

Chatham-Kent police have re-opened Keil Drive between Park Avenue and Richmond Street after a crash involving an SUV and a VIA Rail passenger train.

Police are still investigating the crash, which involved the train hitting a white SUV at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

The force of the collision pushed the SUV hundreds of metres along the track.

In a media release, VIA Rail confirmed that nobody on the train was hurt.

Chatham-Kent EMS confirmed via Twitter that one patient was taken to hospital in critical condition.

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