A vehicle became stuck aside railroad tracks in Red Oak on Wednesday.  The Red Oak Police department responded to a call of a vehicle stuck at 10:36am today alongside the railroad tracks on the south side of the 600 Block of West Coolbaugh Street.  Upon arrival officers found a blue 1984 Dodge truck and its driver Alvin Smith of Hastings sitting about 500 feet south of the 600 block of Coolbaugh Street.  The vehicle had traveled along the railway and then slid down the embankment into a ditch and became immobile.

The Red Oak Fire Department assisted with getting Smith out of the vehicle and the truck was removed by a tow service.  Smith told officers that a train was blocking the roadway so he tried to drive down railway property to get to the next road when he became stuck.

Smith was cited for Trespassing on BNSF property and then released.  Red Oak Police were also assisted at the scene by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.