Car Loses Race With Train; Six Youths Die
Associated Press
DUNKIRK, N.Y. —
A freight train slammed into a car apparently trying to beat the locomotive past a crossing early Sunday, killing six high school seniors returning from a Halloween party, authorities said.
The crossing gate was operating when the Norfolk & Western train, traveling about 40 m.p.h., struck the car broadside, police said.
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