Freight train smashes into disabled Jeep atop railroad tracks in Sumter County

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Freight train smashes into disabled Jeep atop railroad tracks in Sumter County

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- A freight smashed into a Jeep Wrangler in Sumter County early Saturday morning after the vehicle became disabled atop the railroad tracks. A 57-year-old Bushnell woman was driving her red Jeep eastbound on CR-720, east of US-301 when the vehicle suddenly became disabled on the tracks at an ungated rail crossing, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Evacuations issued for some Tampa Bay area counties ahead of Tropical Storm…