Police are making inquiries into an overnight accident which saw a train plough through an abandoned car in Canterbury. 

The vehicle had been initially fleeing police before it was left sitting on the train lines on Lincoln Rd in Addington, where a train ran into it. 

According to police, the car involved was one of two vehicles that were seen by police on Blenheim Rd at around 4am this morning. 

A stolen car was crushed by a train on a rail crossing. No one was injured in the incident. Photo / Nathan Morton 

Both cars fled before officers could signal the vehicles to stop. 

A pursuit was not initiated, police said. 

A short time later, police said they were alerted to the crash on Lincoln Rd, where the train had smashed into the car sitting on the tracks. 

“Police are now speaking with a person of interest and enquiries are continuing to locate the second vehicle,” a spokesperson said. 

The Toyota Prius is severely damaged. Photo / Nathan Morton 

A nearby store owner spoke to police shortly after the accident, he told the Herald that the car involved had driven under the barriers which, at the time, were down signalling a train was coming. 

“It was a couple of teens,” he said. 

The scene this morning. Photo / Nathan Morton 

Clothing and other debris is scattered across the tracks. 

The level crossing is also damaged. 

Lincoln Rd has been closed between Moorhouse Ave and Harman St while the Serious Crash Unit investigates. 

People are asked to avoid the area. 

The destroyed wreckage of what appears to be a white vehicle is crumpled on the side of the tracks. The train involved was halted on the tracks beside it. 

An officer told staff at 7.45am that they intend to move the train.