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New York: A Global Positioning System can tell a driver a lot of things — but not when a train is coming.

A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks using the instructions his GPS unit gave him. A train was barrelling toward him, but he escaped in time and no one was injured.

The driver had turned right, as the system advised, and the car somehow got stuck on the tracks at the crossing.

He jumped out and tried to warn the engineer by waving. He got out of the way just before the train slammed into the car at 60 mph, Metro-North railroad spokesman Dan Brucker said .

The car was pushed more than 100 feet during the fiery crash.

Some 500 train passengers were stranded for more than two hours following the incident. — AP

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