A child was struck by a freight train in Tinicum Township Friday evening, police said.
The incident happened around 5:45 p.m. at 76 Industrial Highway near the Clarion Hotel. The hotel is just south of Philadelphia International Airport.
Tinicum police Sgt. James Simpkins said the 8-year-old resident had a leg run over by the freight train between Wanamaker Avenue and the Darby Creek Bridge.
The child was taken to nearby Crozer-Chester Medical Center. The injuries were described as serious, but the child's condition was not immediately known.
A neighbor said kids sometimes play by the tracks and another man pointed out a piece of missing fence around a neighborhood skate park that can be used to gain access to the rail lines.
Freight train operator Conrail's police department is investigating, Simpkins said.