BATON ROUGE - Two people got out of a vehicle just before it was hit by a train on South Choctaw and Monterrey drives over the weekend, the Baton Rouge Police Department said.

Police said the driver of the vehicle stopped just past the tracks on Saturday, causing them to slam their brakes and hit the train track gate post, which caused their vehicle to stall.

The driver and passenger were forced to exit the vehicle before the vehicle was hit by a train. Police issued a citation to the driver.