<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A train driver's quick reflexes have helped avoid disaster, after an elderly driver became stuck on the tracks in Adelaide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver has been fined after the near-miss in Bowden just after 6:30pm yesterday, which prompted a swift response from police and railway personnel to Hawker Street.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man in his 70s took a wrong turn, putting his car onto the tracks where it became bogged in rubble. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-courts-martin-nguyen-refused-bail-over-555-million-dollar-meth-haul/5f7f6564-9d08-46d1-802d-6ce4d2a0f4a5"><strong><span>Man accused over failed $555 million meth plot denied bail</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I (was) just worried... he can't pull it out because he's stuck," one witness said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver, realising his imminent danger, exited his car and called for help.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Luckily, the vehicle was spotted by an oncoming train driver, with a witness telling 9News the train honked repeatedly as a warning before coming to a stop.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-train-driver-averts-disaster-elderly-driver-stranded/6001cbc8-0b08-4b86-9e8e-97b39ac32ffe" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The train did stop in time but was beeping for quite some time before he got there," the witness said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/extreme-inattention-driver-sent-44-snapchats-before-fatal-crash/d567a756-455f-44e1-96e7-ab597063a550"><strong><span>Driver sent 44 Snapchats before collision that killed young dad</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The train driver's quick reflexes helped avoid disaster, with his train coming to a halt a mere 30 metres from the vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No injuries were reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>