Mother, Infant Unhurt When Train Grazes Car

An Amtrak passenger train hit a car carrying a mother and her infant son at a Simi Valley railroad crossing where workers had earlier dismantled the barrier gates, but no one was injured, authorities said Thursday.

The eastbound train with 400 passengers struck the tail end of a car driven by Marilyn Austria, 33, about 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Sequoia Avenue rail crossing near Los Angeles Street, said Police Lt. Neal Rein. Austria and her 2-month-old son, Brian, who was in a car seat, were shaken but unhurt, police said.

The wooden crossing arms at the intersection had been taken down earlier Wednesday because high winds threatened to break them, Rein said. Flashing lights and warning devices were working at the crossing when the accident occurred.