DICKINSON COUNTY — A Kansas man avoided injury when a train in Dickinson County hit his car just after noon Tuesday.

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office reported a 2010 Mazda MX6 driven by Randall Nichols, 48, Chapman, failed to yield at 1800 Avenue and Nail Road just east of Kansas 43. A BNSF train hit the rear end of the Mazda.

There was no railroad crossing gate at the location.

Nichols was not injured. The car was seriously damage, and train suffered some front-end damage.