LEXINGTON -Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday arrested the driver of a pickup truck they said was struck by an Amtrak train Monday night after being abandoned on the tracks.

The Amtrak conductor told deputies the passenger train grazed the empty truck, which was on the right-of-way but not directly across the train tracks, just after 9:30 p.m. southwest of Lexington, McLean County Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Elston said.

There were no injuries in the incident, police said.

The 26-year-old driver wasn't located for more than 12 hours, when a family member brought him to the sheriff's office, Elston said.

The truck ended up on the tracks near county roads 2425 East and 2360 North, where there is no crossing, after a single-vehicle accident, said McLean County Sgt. Matt Lane.

The driver told investigators he lost control of the truck on a road that runs parallel to Old Route 66. The truck went through a ditch and ended up on the tracks, police said.

He left the truck and fled into the woods, where he stayed during the night, Elston said.

Authorities said at least one of the tires had come off the truck in that accident.

The driver was arrested but not formally charged in the case by Tuesday afternoon. The Pantagraph does not name suspects unless they have been formally charged.

But Amtrak officials disagreed Tuesday on whether the train and pickup collided.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said the northbound Amtrak train came within an inch of hitting the stopped 2000 Chevy Silverado. Amtrak officials did not see any damage to the train - the 306 from St. Louis to Chicago - but it was delayed for two hours and 48 minutes, Magliari said. A southbound train - the 307 coming from Chicago - was delayed two hours and 46 minutes because it is a single track in that area, he said.

Lexington police officer Dave Schneider said Tuesday that he was at the scene Monday night - and it was clear there was impact.

"There had definitely been contact," Schneider said.

Train officials spotted the truck on the tracks and came to a stop very close to the vehicle, which was heavily damaged in the earlier accident, said Magliari. The train is authorized to go 79 mph in the area, he said.

"No one reported the (earlier) accident until it was too late," Lane said, adding that no one called in about being stuck in the tracks before the collision.

"It's very dangerous for a driver to abandon a vehicle on the tracks," Magliari said.

Police said the vehicle wasn't stolen and they had access to the owner registration information.