A Carterville woman was injured when her car was hit by a train about 2:20 yesterday afternoon.

Authorities say a Honda Accord driven by 48 year old Monique Leonard drove across the tracks near the intersection of Highway 51 and Helm Road into the path of the oncoming 391 Saluki Amtrak train headed to Carbondale.

Leonard was taken to a local hospital with non-life threating injuries.

The train was damaged and needed repairs. No one on board the train was injured.

The crash is still under investigation.