5 killed when train hits SUV at rail crossing
An Amtrak train struck a compact sport utility vehicle Tuesday, killing all five people in the SUV.
None of the 70 passengers or crew members aboard the train, heading from Bakersfield to Oakland, was injured.
Shortly after 2 p.m., the driver of the SUV tried to drive through a crossing as the train was approaching, said Steve Mayotte, chief of the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District.
“When the driver attempted to back up, she hit the railroad arm [then tried to] get across the tracks, and she did not make it,” Mayotte said.
A Sacramento TV station reported that a woman, two teenagers and two young children were in the SUV.
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