LINCOLN — A commuter rail train struck a sports utility vehicle late Thursday night.

The incident happened just after 11 p.m. at a railroad crossing on Old Sudbury Road.

"I didn't know that I was on the train tracks," said Kalilla Katz, who escaped the SUV before it was hit.

Katz said she was lost and following instructions from a GPS when the wheel of her SUV became jammed in the tracks.

"My car was stuck and then a minute later the train," she said.As the lights and gates closed, a man came to help.

"He was like, 'You have to get out of here,'" Katz said.

The train hit her SUV, but Katz and the bystander escaped without injury.

Train passengers were stuck on the train for more than an hour during the investigation while shuttle buses were brought for backup transportation.

"I went home and I saw my son and I saw my daughter, my mom and family," Katz said. "God is perfect, I have a new chance to do everything."

Lincoln police are checking if they have any reports of other vehicles becoming disabled in the area and transit police are checking the lights and gates.